{"id":1205,"date":"2025-05-06T16:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T16:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4110f468-c33d-4bfa-8b02-7576a5abb4c5"},"modified":"2025-06-01T18:18:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T18:18:56","slug":"emqq-globals-kevin-carter-a-serial-investech-pioneer-walks-into-princeton-university","status":"publish","type":"episode","link":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/episode\/emqq-globals-kevin-carter-a-serial-investech-pioneer-walks-into-princeton-university\/","title":{"rendered":"EMQQ Global's Kevin Carter: A Serial Investech Pioneer Walks into Princeton University"},"content":{"rendered":"

? You\u2019ve heard of index funds\u2026 but what if the <\/strong>real<\/strong><\/em> revolution in investing started with fractional shares, a phone call to Dr. Burton Malkiel, and a vision for emerging markets that no one saw coming?<\/strong>In Part 1 of this fireside chat on Insight is Capital<\/em> host Pierre Daillie sits down with Kevin Carter<\/strong>, Founder and CIO of EMQQ Global<\/strong>, for a wide-ranging conversation that spans Carter\u2019s unplanned journey into finance, his pivotal role in the birth of fractional investing<\/strong>, AND direct indexing<\/strong>, and the origin story of EMQQ<\/strong>, the Emerging Markets Internet Index ETF<\/strong>.Carter recounts his early days reading A Random Walk Down Wall Street<\/em>, cold-calling its author Dr. Burton Malkiel, and launching not one\u2014but multiple investing platforms that have shaped how millions invest today. From building the \u201cBuild Your Own Fund\u201d platform sold to ETRADE, to coining <\/em>\u201cTax Alpha\u201d<\/strong><\/em>, to launching ETFs that target the real growth in emerging markets (hint: it’s not state-owned enterprises), this episode is a deep dive into innovation, conviction, and seeing around corners.<\/em><\/p>\n

? <\/em>Chapters & Timestamps:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

00:00 \u2013 Intro: Meet Kevin Carter, founder of EMQQ Global
\n01:30 \u2013 How a basketball chat led to a job on Wall Street
\n03:10 \u2013 Reading A Random Walk Down Wall Street\u2014and calling its author
\n06:45 \u2013 Realizing the mutual fund industry is a 1.5% \u201cwealth tax\u201d
\n10:15 \u2013 Africa, a notebook, and the spark for fractional investing
\n13:00 \u2013 Creating eInvesting and pioneering Build Your Own Fund
\n16:20 \u2013 Cold-calling Dr. Burton Malkiel at Princeton
\n18:30 \u2013 Selling to ETRADE and the rise of direct indexing
\n22:00 \u2013 Custom indexing, ESG before ESG, and inventing \u201cTax Alpha\u201d
\n28:00 \u2013 Avoiding over-diversification: Buffett vs. Bogle
\n33:00 \u2013 The Google connection and the call to invest in China
\n37:00 \u2013 The red flags inside traditional China ETFs
\n44:00 \u2013 Launching EMQQ to target the real consumer tech growth
\n49:00 \u2013 Smartphones, internet, and the leapfrog effect
\n55:00 \u2013 Why EMQQ and INQQ launched at the worst possible time
\n58:00 \u2013 The delisting drama, China tech crackdown, and investor fear
\n01:03:00 \u2013 EM growth vs. value traps\u2014and why India is next<\/p>\n

This conversation continues in Part Two, where we dive into the “India Stack” and what it means for India’s economic growth and tech\/internet sector.<\/p>\n

Where to find Kevin Carter, EMQQ Global<\/h4>\n

Kevin Carter on Linkedin – https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/thekevintcarter\/EMQQ Global – https:\/\/emqqglobaletfs.com\/<\/p>\n

#EMQQ #Investing #EmergingMarkets #ETFs #FractionalShares #Indexing #KevinCarter #ChinaTech #IndiaGrowth #SmartphoneRevolution #BurtonMalkiel #TaxAlpha #DirectIndexing #Vanguard #Buffett #FutureOfFinance #FinancialInnovation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

? You\u2019ve heard of index funds\u2026 but what if the <\/strong>real<\/strong><\/em> revolution in investing started with fractional shares, a phone call to Dr. Burton Malkiel, and a vision for emerging markets that no one saw coming?<\/strong>nnIn Part 1 of this fireside chat on Insight is Capital<\/em> host Pierre Daillie sits down with Kevin Carter<\/strong>, Founder and CIO of EMQQ Global<\/strong>, for a wide-ranging conversation that spans Carter\u2019s unplanned journey into finance, his pivotal role in the birth of fractional investing<\/strong>, AND direct indexing<\/strong>, and the origin story of EMQQ<\/strong>, the Emerging Markets Internet Index ETF<\/strong>.nnCarter recounts his early days reading A Random Walk Down Wall Street<\/em>, cold-calling its author Dr. Burton Malkiel, and launching not one\u2014but multiple investing platforms that have shaped how millions invest today. From building the \u201cBuild Your Own Fund\u201d platform sold to ETRADE, to coining <\/em>\u201cTax Alpha\u201d<\/strong><\/em>, to launching ETFs that target the real growth in emerging markets (hint: it’s not state-owned enterprises), this episode is a deep dive into innovation, conviction, and seeing around corners.nnn? <\/em>Chapters & Timestamps:<\/strong><\/em>nnn00:00 \u2013 Intro: Meet Kevin Carter, founder of EMQQ Globalnn01:30 \u2013 How a basketball chat led to a job on Wall Streetnn03:10 \u2013 Reading A Random Walk Down Wall Street\u2014and calling its authornn06:45 \u2013 Realizing the mutual fund industry is a 1.5% \u201cwealth tax\u201dnn10:15 \u2013 Africa, a notebook, and the spark for fractional investingnn13:00 \u2013 Creating eInvesting and pioneering Build Your Own Fundnn16:20 \u2013 Cold-calling Dr. Burton Malkiel at Princetonnn18:30 \u2013 Selling to E<\/em>TRADE and the rise of direct indexingnn22:00 \u2013 Custom indexing, ESG before ESG, and inventing \u201cTax Alpha\u201dnn28:00 \u2013 Avoiding over-diversification: Buffett vs. Boglenn33:00 \u2013 The Google connection and the call to invest in Chinann37:00 \u2013 The red flags inside traditional China ETFsnn44:00 \u2013 Launching EMQQ to target the real<\/em> consumer tech growthnn49:00 \u2013 Smartphones, internet, and the leapfrog effectnn55:00 \u2013 Why EMQQ and INQQ launched at the worst possible timenn58:00 \u2013 The delisting drama, China tech crackdown, and investor fearnn01:03:00 \u2013 EM growth vs. value traps\u2014and why India is nextnnnThis conversation continues in Part Two, where we dive into the “India Stack” and what it means for India’s economic growth and tech\/internet sector.n<\/p>\n

Where to find Kevin Carter, EMQQ Global<\/h4>\n

Kevin Carter on Linkedin – https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/thekevintcarter\/nnEMQQ Global – https:\/\/emqqglobaletfs.com\/n<\/p>\n

#EMQQ #Investing<\/span>#EmergingMarkets<\/span>#ETFs<\/span>#FractionalShares<\/span>#Indexing<\/span>#KevinCarter<\/span>#ChinaTech<\/span>#IndiaGrowth<\/span>#SmartphoneRevolution<\/span>#BurtonMalkiel<\/span>#TaxAlpha<\/span>#DirectIndexing<\/span>#Vanguard<\/span>#Buffett<\/span>#FutureOfFinance<\/span>#FinancialInnovation<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1206,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/episode\/1205"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/episode"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/episode"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/episode\/1205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1216,"href":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/episode\/1205\/revisions\/1216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}