IRBO News and Press, iShares Robotics and Artificial Intelligence From 07/31/23

2023-07-31 11:00:00 ET Summary A new study by TECHnalysis Research study found that while people are no doubt excited about the possibilities that the current generation of GenAI tools offer, they also have a number of concerns. These include concerns about features and capabiliti...

2023-07-30 04:04:00 ET Summary We believe the post-pandemic investment regime characterized by higher inflation, rates, and valuations will require a new approach to equity investing. While there are no crystal balls in investing and markets are notoriously unpredictable, we see v...

2023-07-29 08:30:00 ET Heading into the 2023 trading year, investors were bracing for a potential recession and a prolonged battle with inflation. Rising interest rates and geopolitical tensions also fueled concerns, as Wall Street came off a serious correction in 2022. Instead of a fur...

2023-07-29 01:54:00 ET Summary While tech companies continue to grind higher on a surge of enthusiasm for all things related to artificial intelligence, relative performance has shifted. A Bloomberg consensus of 2023 U.S. gross domestic product forecasts has growth at 1.3%, a sign...

2023-07-28 09:30:00 ET Summary An in-depth study by TECHnalysis Research dives into the details of how US-based businesses are using GenAI, including the types of applications, the vendor partners, implementations, benefits, concerns and more. The report also uncovered a number of...

2023-07-28 05:00:00 ET Summary The Technology industry has surged in 2023, led by the dominant tech giants known as the "Magnificent Seven," increasing concentration risks for cap-weighted indexes. Regulated Investment Companies (RICs) are subject to security concentration limits,...

2023-07-28 00:00:00 ET Summary The current environment looks favorable for equity market neutral, global macro and insurance-linked securities, according to K2 Advisors. Single stock correlations are low on a historical basis, suggesting a favorable environment for equity market-n...

2023-07-26 11:50:00 ET Summary While Q1 2023 ended with the banking instability threatening to erase market gains, U.S. equity markets recovered, and the Syntax US 500 Large Cap Index rose 8.9 % in Q2, driven predominantly by an AI-induced rally. Cooling inflation numbers and expe...

2023-07-26 03:40:00 ET Summary ChatGPT was just the start. As tech companies pour billions into AI development, achievements that seemed unimaginable not long ago may be much closer at hand. Now “generative AI” - made suddenly famous by OpenAI’s captivating Ch...

2023-07-25 11:15:00 ET Summary Market momentum dominated headlines in the United States in Q2, largely driven by mega-cap technology amid enthusiasm around AI. While US outperformance was narrowly led by a handful of stocks, performance outside the US was broader, particularly in ...