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Fintech Investing: It’s Global & It’s Epic in Size

As thematic investors who assess global consumer spending trends, we have so many exciting secular trends to explore. One of the largest and most prominent consumption trends is the dramatic rise in Fintech innovation and the slow but steady death of cash as the primary method of transactions. Cash used as a percent of total global purchase transactions is estimated to be roughly 70% so it’s still very large.

Fintech Investing: It’s Global & It’s Epic in Size

As thematic investors who assess global consumer spending trends, we have so many exciting secular trends to explore. One of the largest and most prominent consumption trends is the dramatic rise in Fintech innovation and the slow but steady death of cash as the primary method of transactions. Cash used as a percent of total global purchase transactions is estimated to be roughly 70% so it’s still very large.

#MacroView: Yellen’s “Go Big” MMT Plan May Disappoint

If you haven’t heard about Modern Monetary Theory, or “MMT” for short, by now, you will soon.

A Sea of Red for Traditional Fixed Income YTD

CIFC Asset Management’s Natalia Lojevsky and Stan Sokolowski provide their insights into the Fixed Income Markets, which have been experiencing an elevated bout of volatility as interest rates and inflation expectations have risen sharply. Stan and Natalia discuss the sea of red YTD for traditional fixed income returns and say we’re in a golden age for income producing alternatives.

A Sea of Red for Traditional Fixed Income YTD

CIFC Asset Management’s Natalia Lojevsky and Stan Sokolowski provide their insights into the Fixed Income Markets, which have been experiencing an elevated bout of volatility as interest rates and inflation expectations have risen sharply. Stan and Natalia discuss the sea of red YTD for traditional fixed income returns and say we’re in a golden age for income producing alternatives.

The “Great Rotation”: Is it Time for Value?

We are now, approximately one year from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic’s onset in the United States. In short, we remain in the midst of a stock market rotation away from “momentum” stocks fueled by COVID-related shutdowns and societal adaptations towards “value” stocks that remain historically cheap and consist of cyclical laggards.

Robotics Manager Takes a Look Inside Stereotaxis: Cutting-edge Tele-Robotic Surgery

Stereotaxis (NYSE: STXS) is the global leader in innovative tele-robotic technologies designed to enhance the treatment of arrhythmias and perform endovascular procedures. The company’s surgical robotic system has been used by hundreds of leading physicians at over 100 hospitals globally and has treated over 100,000 patients with their technology.

Robotics Manager Takes a Look Inside Stereotaxis: Cutting-edge Tele-Robotic Surgery

Stereotaxis (NYSE: STXS) is the global leader in innovative tele-robotic technologies designed to enhance the treatment of arrhythmias and perform endovascular procedures. The company’s surgical robotic system has been used by hundreds of leading physicians at over 100 hospitals globally and has treated over 100,000 patients with their technology.

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