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Stein: Financial Advisor Discovery Still Runs on Referrals, Not Data
“Today, financial advisor discovery
Still runs on referrals, not data.”
Stein: Betterment clients hold Vanguard funds, making Vanguard a partner
“Anyone who's invested with us is also getting some Vanguard funds. So in a sense, we're partners with them.”
Betterment Manages Over $60 Billion for More Than One Million Americans
“That's right. Even, even more than that today. And we manage money for over a million Americans.”
Harden Furniture Went Bankrupt Due to Debt and Foreign Competition
“The company doesn't exist anymore. My family furniture company, partly because they took on debt and partly it was due to foreign competition. But ultimately, you know, went, went under they couldn't service the debt payments.”
Betterment survey: 33% of Gen Z lost jobs to COVID vs 8% Boomers
“In our survey of millennials, I think it was 33% of Gen Z lost jobs in our survey due to COVID versus only about eight percent of the baby boomers had lost jobs.”