Dave Nadig, Financial Futurist at VettaFi, recently discussed all things nonfungible, and why they matter for ETF investors with Cinthia Murphy, director of research at ETF Think Tank.
February 25, 2021
The ETF Think Tank first introduced the ETF Nerd in December of 2017. The Nerd is meant to inspire engagement with the rigorous research we seek to support at the ETF Think Tank. It is also a symbol to highlight the key attributes of the ETF structure, which can provide better outcomes for investors: Transparency, Liquidity, Tax-Efficiency, and Lower Cost. When the ETF Nerd was first introduced, we used this symbol to focus on the transparency factor and evaluate a formulaic approach to quantify the diversification of an ETF portfolio. With the landscape of strategies changing rapidly and embracing more active, thematic, and niche strategies, we would like to introduce our latest Nerdy contribution: The ETF Management Matrix.
The future of Blockchain is about innovation, and will lead to massive industry disruption. Cisco agrees that the Blockchain is at the core of what they do and could benefit from a network effect. How business data is assimilated and processed, and even how people and clients communicate, is at the core of Cisco, yet embracing Crypto appears to be a challenge. Institutional adoption of Crypto, as measured by the price of Bitcoin and news flow, provides a single metric as evidence that momentum of the benefits of the blockchain are building. Sadly, many companies will remain solely focused on a past way of doing business and fail to innovate for their shareholders. Cisco should not be one of those. Like the past decade, many companies will continue massive buybacks or increases in dividends as a way to return capital to their shareholders. However, technology companies are not banks, and the failure to innovate and embrace disruption will cause failure to capture growth from major par