A significant chunk of investment in the American stock market and real estate is done by foreign investors and funds and hedgefunds etc. These decisions are m

A significant chunk of investment in the American stock market and real estate is done by foreign investors and funds and hedgefunds etc. These decisions are made primarily based on the spreadsheets ; as a backend software guy in the capital markets and banking sector, I see first hand how automated this decision making has become. I have had score of meeting with Investment and Financial advisors ( for s/w development/testing , not financial advise )and I see first had how hard data oriented these folks are in their decision making.