Cognitive Biases In Identifying Tech Disruption
We will admit to having a robust love/hate relationship with behavioral finance. In the plus column, it does highlight many useful themes largely untouched by classical finance. On the downside, its …
Nasdaq: “Dow Gains 62 Points as Market Watches Trump, Trump Watches Market”
Excerpt from Nasdaq’s latest article quoting DataTrek’s Nick Colas: ….”Nothing. That’s how the market has decided to follow up yesterday’s big reversal. With absolutely nothing. S&P 500 futures, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures, and Nasdaq Composite futures …
Eek! A Mouse…
While it never gets much credit, the humble computer mouse was a powerful agent of technological disruption when Apple launched their original Macintosh 128 in 1984. That was the first personal …
FAANGS: Roommates, Not Family
Our readers know that once something becomes common wisdom we immediately start tearing it apart like a puppy with a new toy. We simply can’t help ourselves. And, more often than …
How ETFs are Disrupting Small Cap US Stocks
One of our favorite parlor tricks at client events is to ask a simple question of the group: “What percentage of Apple’s stock is owned by exchange traded funds?” The answers …
Crain’s NY: Stocks sink as investors conclude trade tensions ‘are here to stay’
Excerpt from Crain’s New York Business article quoting DataTrek’s Nick Colas: …. “Until today, investors had mostly discounted Trump’s talk about trade wars, assuming that he cares so much about …
CNN Money: “The weird reason that mighty Amazon isn’t in the Dow”
Here’s an excerpt from DataTrek co-founder Nick Colas’ latest quote in CNN Money: …. “The pressure on companies to split their stock has gone down dramatically,” said Nicholas Colas, co-founder …
TD Ameritrade: Role of ETFs
DataTrek’s Nick Colas was on TD Ameritrade‘s network this morning, talking to Oliver Renick about the growing influence of ETFs. It was a fast, wide-ranging conversation. Thanks to Alexandra Hincks for pulling it …
Why Haven’t Bond ETFs Killed Active Bond Managers?
Today we continue our discussion of US listed exchange traded funds and innovative disruption with a simple question: “Why haven’t fixed income mutual funds seen the same level of asset …
Scraping AI/Social Media ETFs for Ideas
While exchange traded funds rarely get mentioned in the same breath as Amazon or Facebook, they are all classic innovative disruptors. ETFs got their start addressing the “low end” of the …
