Apply Phil Knight's Nike playbook to your market data strategy. Learn when to own proprietary analytics for commodity feeds to avoid vendor dependency.
Jeff Bezos warned that “Day 2 is stasis,” a decline faced by financial institutions relying on legacy data systems built for past needs. While Day 1 organizations challenge assumptions and move quickly, Day 2 environments suffer from manual reconciliation, integration bottlenecks, and high costs. To avoid this decline, firms must move beyond internal comfort and adopt modular, customer-focused architectures that adapt to changing markets.