IRBO News and Press, iShares Robotics and Artificial Intelligence From 05/16/24

2024-05-16 03:10:00 ET Summary The Fed continues to hold interest rates steady as it focuses on the totality of economic data before it begins to cut rates. Meanwhile, the markets now expect the Fed to cut rates only once toward the latter part of this year. Corporate bond spreads...

2024-05-15 16:00:00 ET Summary Right now we're in the very difficult part of the inflation cycle. When you look at equities, we think the traditional value segments of the market are going to start to perform well. We think real assets are absolutely essential within your asse...

2024-05-14 00:15:52 ET Summary Generative AI has gained significant attention and is being used by major tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI. The Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF has outperformed the S&P 500, driven by the hype around generat...

2024-05-12 00:50:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2024-05-11 13:45:00 ET Summary The narrative in the equity markets is that Big Oil has passed the reins to Big Tech. In a knowledge economy, compute is energy. Tech does not match global energy investment yet, but individually, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft will spend more...

2024-05-09 06:55:00 ET Summary The 2020s are shaping up to be a decade of immense change and disruption. Accompanied by unprecedented global lockdowns and restrictions on personal mobility, the pandemic ground economic activity to a halt. A long-term perspective, diversificati...

2024-05-08 08:15:00 ET Summary Year to date, technology related companies have been the market leaders, with an increased focus on the ability to generate cash-flow. From a style factor lens, momentum has been the winner. Historically, this style has often been associated with mor...

2024-05-03 14:40:00 ET Summary We do not believe that tech is in bubble territory. We see pockets of irrationality and excess risk-taking, particularly in AI hype names, but this is not pervasive, and it is too extreme to characterize it as a bubble. Our underweight positioning to...

2024-05-03 12:35:00 ET Summary If April showers bring May flowers, then perhaps investors can rejoice that April is over and look forward to better times in May. US equities struggled last month, with the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq all falling by 4.16%, ...

2024-05-02 15:54:00 ET Summary Artificial intelligence is a nebulous concept that carries different meanings for different people. In the most basic form, it mimics human intelligence and decision-making by processing and categorizing data to respond to a prompt. With the rise and...