Researches By Xout
The speed and magnitude of technological disruption is relevant because current and future technologies will continue to create winners (i.e., the disruptors) and losers (i.e., the disruptees) among all companies across industries faster than the market may realize.
Topic: XOUT
Publication Type: Investment Cases
The Cost of Underestimating Technological Disruption
06 October, 2021 | GraniteShares
The speed and magnitude of technological disruption is relevant because current and future technologies will continue to create winners (i.e., the disruptors) and losers (i.e., the disruptees) among all companies across industries faster than the market may realize.
When no company or industry is immune from disruptive challenge, perhaps never has the number of potential losers been so plentiful, nor the disparity between winners and losers been so vast. Rather than succumb to conventional wisdom, perhaps the only thing more important than what you put IN your portfolio is what you XOUT.
Topic: XOUT
Publication Type: Investment Cases
How Many Losers Are in the S&P 500?
17 August, 2020 | GraniteShares
When no company or industry is immune from disruptive challenge, perhaps never has the number of potential losers been so plentiful, nor the disparity between winners and losers been so vast. Rather than succumb to conventional wisdom, perhaps the only thing more important than what you put IN your portfolio is what you XOUT.
The response to novel coronavirus has emerged as one of the most economically disruptive events in human history. With the physical economy all but tossed asunder, COVID19 has aggressively intensified the drumbeat of digital disruption impacting all industries. A rapid bifurcation in the market is underway, between companies with adaptive ties to the virtual economy and those that are reduced to bailout dependency—no one is immune.
Topic: XOUT
Publication Type: Market Commentaries
An Economy Rebalanced: Q2 Top 10 Market Eliminations by the XOUT Strategy
14 August, 2020 | GraniteShares
The response to novel coronavirus has emerged as one of the most economically disruptive events in human history. With the physical economy all but tossed asunder, COVID19 has aggressively intensified the drumbeat of digital disruption impacting all industries. A rapid bifurcation in the market is underway, between companies with adaptive ties to the virtual economy and those that are reduced to bailout dependency—no one is immune.
The latest XOUT rebalance gives fresh insight into the pulse of disruption, and significantly, the players who are falling behind in the race to innovate effectively. Here we examine the 10 largest companies XOUT eliminates this quarter—the roughly $3 trillion in market cap vulnerable to secular decline. When yesterday’s titans can rapidly become today’s bankruptcies, the XOUT Index continually looks to identify potential market laggards, aiming to leave them out of the portfolio.
Topic: XOUT
Publication Type: Market Commentaries
See Ya Dimon, Hello Fink: Top 10 XOUT’s for Q1 2020
28 March, 2020 | GraniteShares
The latest XOUT rebalance gives fresh insight into the pulse of disruption, and significantly, the players who are falling behind in the race to innovate effectively. Here we examine the 10 largest companies XOUT eliminates this quarter—the roughly $3 trillion in market cap vulnerable to secular decline. When yesterday’s titans can rapidly become today’s bankruptcies, the XOUT Index continually looks to identify potential market laggards, aiming to leave them out of the portfolio.
XOUT’s methodology counters traditional investment strategies. Rather than trying to pick a select few winners, XOUT flips the investment paradigm by seeking to avoid losers that are failing to adapt amid today’s environment of unprecedented technological change.
Topic: Precious Metals , XOUT
Publication Type: Viewpoints
GraniteShares Launches XOUT U.S. Large Cap ETF (XOUT)
27 March, 2020 | GraniteShares
XOUT’s methodology counters traditional investment strategies. Rather than trying to pick a select few winners, XOUT flips the investment paradigm by seeking to avoid losers that are failing to adapt amid today’s environment of unprecedented technological change.
GraniteShares is an independent, fully funded ETF company headquartered in New York City. GraniteShares’ ETF suite includes one of the lowest-cost physical gold ETFs (BAR), a broad-based commodity ETF (COMB), an ETF that seeks to exclude U.S. large cap companies most likely to suffer from technological disruption over the long term (XOUT), a high alternative income-focused fund that invests in pass-through securities (HIPS) and the lowest-cost* physical platinum ETF (PLTM). GraniteShares has experienced robust growth in 2019, recently surpassing $700 million in total assets under management.
Topic: Precious Metals , Commodity Baskets , Income , XOUT
Publication Type: Investment Cases
GraniteShares Announces Change in ETF Lineup
27 March, 2020 | GraniteShares
GraniteShares is an independent, fully funded ETF company headquartered in New York City. GraniteShares’ ETF suite includes one of the lowest-cost physical gold ETFs (BAR), a broad-based commodity ETF (COMB), an ETF that seeks to exclude U.S. large cap companies most likely to suffer from technological disruption over the long term (XOUT), a high alternative income-focused fund that invests in pass-through securities (HIPS) and the lowest-cost* physical platinum ETF (PLTM). GraniteShares has experienced robust growth in 2019, recently surpassing $700 million in total assets under management.
