financial markets

5 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jul 5, 2017 by Barry Schuler · across every show →

Everything said about financial markets, oldest first

Jul 5, 2017 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Schuler: Exclusive machine-to-machine trading will cause financial markets to fail
“When machines start trading with each other, the markets will disappear because We need the uncertainty of humans to make those markets, markets work.”
Barry Schuler Jul 5, 2017 ▶ 18:38 20VC: How To Get Back To 200 Tech IPOs Per Year, Why We Are In A 'Bulge" Not A Bubble & The Impending Flat & Down Rounds To Come with Barry Schuler, Partner @ DFJ Growth
Nov 30, 2020 bullish
Insight
Tenev: Mobile redefined finance by untethering markets from desktop setups
“Mobile had the potential to redefine finance in many of the same ways that it redefined photography and transportation, because your mobile device is with you wherever you are, and untethering the financial markets from your typical computer setup with multipl…”
Vlad Tenev Nov 30, 2020 ▶ 5:55 20VC: Robinhood Founder Vlad Tenev on The Single Most Important Thing Leadership is Responsible For, How To Manage Fear and Self-Doubt as a Leader & The Future of Fintech; Bundled or Unbundled
Mar 29, 2024 bullish
Opinion
Billy Hult: Financial markets are more resilient today than in 2008
“The markets feel better and more resilient and in sort of like in an obvious way in better shape. There's a playbook in place around sort of preserving the structure and the high functioning-ness of the market in a way that should, people should feel sort of, …”
Billy Hult Mar 29, 2024 ▶ 58:08 Billy Hult: 27 Years of Compounding Growth Leading to the Market Leader with $1.4BN in Revenue|E1134 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 19, 2025
Insight
Hacker: Public markets value predictability over profit margins and growth
“The financial markets, they really care about predictability. So in fact, I feel like they care even more about that than they care about the actual. You know, profit margins or growth or whatever.”
Severin Hacker May 19, 2025 ▶ 1:31:40 Duolingo Co-Founder, Severin Hacker: How AI Impacts the Future of Work and Education · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 22, 2026 bearish
Prediction Open · timeframe Jun 2031
Nikesh Arora: Financial markets will not fund another $100B compute capex cycle
“Financial markets are not going to bear the cost of another hundred billion dollars at a trillion dollars or trillion and a half.”
Nikesh Arora Jun 22, 2026 ▶ 24:22 Nikesh Arora on the Frontier Model Problem: Breadth vs Depth | The Future of Token Costs · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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