Jim Chanos said back in the day he was short Blockbuster because anything "bits and bytes" would get disrupted. Folks, banking and insurance (for the most part) are "bits and bytes." The
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Treasury announcement is another milestone on the relentless path of disruption.
@cercurusglobal
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Honestly, I think they'll have a role to play in the transition period but will not be needed after that. In order to stay relevant, they will need to reinvent themselves.
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Did you hear
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? Asset mgmt is the worst type of bytes - legacy excel and email. Disruption from direct share ownership vs unitised legacy.
How many PMs add the 6% taxed alpha that WF gets from stock-level tax loss harvesting on passive indices?
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Auto insurance seems the most obvious target for disruption due to the high-frequency, low-loss nature of it. It will become even more commoditized as (self-)driving data collection ramps up. On the flipside, I don't see Ajit Jain-style insurance getting disrupted any time soon.
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The digital transformation (aka ‘software is eating the world”) is arguably the most important investing theme to follow and work to understand. We are living through an unprecedented transformation and disruption. Hard to overstate it. This time is different.
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@BillBrewsterSCG
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Once the digital currency gets traction, you will just have a checking account with the Fed basically. What will then be the point to have a checking account with a bank?
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But it’s not regulated. Curious how you think these guys are going to step around/under the red tape. Many will/are, but mass proliferation of your thesis will require a blessing from a higher power (govt or otherwise) I think, no?