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Computers will outperform human financial advisors by 2026, predicts Adam Nash
“At Wealthfront, we actually believe that over the next 10 years, we're going to see computers do this better than their human counterparts.”
Automated financial advice will see major adoption by 2021, predicts Adam Nash
“Right now, people are fairly skeptical about this idea that we can move beyond automating investment and move to automating financial advice. But I think within the next three to five years, you're going to see phenomenal improvements in detailed, personalized…”
Retail investors underperform the market by 4.5 percentage points, says Adam Nash
“The doll bar research indicates that individuals underperform the market, not by 10 or 20 basis points, not by half a percent, but by four to four and a half percent, depending on the time period.”
Nash: Reid Hoffman's handover to Jeff Weiner is the model CEO transition
“You know, Reid Hoffman, who I'm very close with is obviously the founder and has been the person guiding LinkedIn since the get-go, but the way that he brought Jeff Wiener on board and kind of empowered him to run that company I think is a model for how those …”
Wealthfront approached $4 billion in AUM and 75,000 clients in 2016
“And now to see us getting close to, you know, four billion dollars and you know, over 75,000 clients and see the entire industry reshaping so that everyone's going to offer an automated service.”
Adam Nash: Product managers must define the game and set metrics
“The best product managers do a good job for their cross-functional teams of leading them by defining what game they're playing. And then second, how do you keep score?”