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record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
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Opinion
Beattie: Robo-advisors just package seven ETFs and charge unnecessary fees
“All these robo-advisors are doing is putting seven ETFs into a bucket and selling it to you and charging you a fee every year for rebalancing it. This is not rocket science. Any member of the public can do this if they have an understanding of why there are th…”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Beattie: Cryptocurrency will permanently reshape the financial system
“I think that crypto was not made for his generation. I think that those of us that are a bit younger understand that these assets are exciting, that they're going to change. The way that the financial system works, and whatever you think about their current va…”
Assertion Supported
Beattie: Traditional advisors erode a third of lifetime wealth in fees
“With a traditional advisor charging you one and a half percent per year in total fees both what they're charging and the embedded ones in the products, that you're going to lose about a third of your wealth over your lifetime. When you look at a robo-advisor, …”
Prediction Held up
Beattie: Volio Will Become a Public Company
“We're going to become a public company.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Beattie: Volio Has Over 1,000 Profiles and Hundreds of Active Users
“Yeah, but on our real platform, we've now got over a thousand people that have created profiles. Some of them are active in teams. We've got dozens of active clubs, hundreds of active users”
Disclosure
Beattie: Volio Generated $2,500 in Revenue in 2017
“Our revenue last year was a mere 2500 dollars.”
Disclosure
Beattie: Volio Has Raised $5M in Total Funding
“Five million dollars as of this year.”
Disclosure
Beattie: Volio raised equity entirely from angels, bypassing VCs
“All equity all from high net worth individuals, no VC investors.”
Disclosure
Beattie: Volio to launch crypto platform Cryptolio in late 2018
“This is a new crypto version of our platform that we're going to be launching first north of the border, but then in the United States sometime later this year.”