OCTOBER 20198By Robert Hughes, VP & Head - Index & Adviser Solutions, Nasdaq Global IndexAn alumnus of University of Notre Dame, Robert leads the strategic relationships and sales for Nasdaq Global Index and Advisory Solutions businessn the grand scheme of technological advancement, it wasn't long ago that smartphones were the emerging technology of the day. Within little more than a decade, they've become fundamental to everyday life in much the same way as other defining modern technologies like social media, streamed entertainment content, cloud computing and e-Commerce. This road from disruption to the new normal has been paved over by these overarching popular technologies, and this time frame gets shorter with each new cycle. Now, another crop of disruptive technologies like machine learning, image recognition, bioinformatics, big data, 3D printing, drones and wearable/implantable technologies may remake the world. Yet even if technological disruption is a given, harnessing the pace of change can be difficult. The paradigm around disruptive technology as an economic driver has shifted. As a result, investors need to take a hard look at how technology factors into building a portfolio that keeps-up with the pace of innovation.INVESTING IN A DISRUPTIVE WORLD: HOW TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED EVERYTHINGIN MY OPINIONIRobert Hughes, VP & Head - Index & Adviser Solutions
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