June by the Numbers: An Update on the Ezra Group WealthTech Integration Score

Since the WealthTech Integration Scores were launched last August, we have been steadily updating our database of vendors and products as they are added, removed and changed on the Kitces Advisortech Map, created in partnership with Ezra Group. This month, six new products were added to the map. Each one was evaluated by our research […]
Can Big Data Make Risk Tolerance Questionnaires Obsolete?

This week, we remember a seminal event in the history of artificial intelligence. It was the twentieth anniversary of world chess champion Gary Kasparov’s loss to IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer. I was fortunate to be in attendance when Kasparov gave a keynote speech at the 2017 Envestnet Advisor Summit, where he spoke about his latest book, Deep Thinking. […]
3 Ways Personality Testing Crushes Risk Tolerance Questionnaires

Considering the tidal wave of fear-driven headlines these days, it’s tough focusing on the biggest issue we should be worrying about. Climate change causing the oceans to rise? Over-exuberant stock market heading for a crash? The New England Patriots winning another Super Bowl? The problem is that human brains just aren’t wired to make accurate risk predictions. Financial advisors […]