IRBO News and Press, iShares Robotics and Artificial Intelligence From 05/28/24

2024-05-28 08:55:00 ET Summary Demographic divergence – a mega force that most investors don’t think about from a capital spending perspective – shapes infrastructure needs across economies. Digital disruption and AI are already creating a massive and immediat...

2024-05-27 14:30:00 ET Summary Rapid advancement and adoption of the technology is poised to drive a significant increase in power, demand, and this demand could redefine energy consumption as we know it. A text-based query takes about the same amount of power as an internet searc...

2024-05-27 14:00:00 ET Summary The trend of private equity firms acquiring publicly-listed companies only magnifies the opportunities in public equities. AI opportunities are indeed multifaceted, presenting both real opportunities and real risks. When looking at commodity mini...

2024-05-27 04:40:00 ET Summary Year-to-date, stocks are proving resilient in the face of higher interest rates and more muted expectations for monetary easing. This year’s backup in rates is much more contained. While investors will always prefer lower to higher rates, ...

2024-05-25 03:40:00 ET Summary The financial media will digress to one of its favorite games, “Is this a bubble or is AI for real?” The answer is yes. AI’s economic promise feels real, obvious even. And that is what makes a bubble inevitable. Of course, we...

2024-05-24 17:15:00 ET Summary The rise of artificial intelligence has become a key theme in recent earnings results, especially in the tech sector. We're definitely at the top of the hype cycle. You have these services getting together and rebundling into packages. ... ...

2024-05-21 13:27:20 ET The artificial intelligence trend is at the core of many investment portfolios but some investors prefer to reduce risk in their allocations which oftentimes pushes them towards more traditional defensive sectors such as utilities and staples. But AllianceBernstein st...

2024-05-21 07:20:00 ET Summary Companies at the heart of the AI revolution are widely seen as expensive, fast-growing businesses that wouldn’t usually be held in a defensive portfolio. Investors seeking to reduce risk in equity allocations often lean into traditional defens...

2024-05-16 08:45:10 ET More on Artificial Intelligence AIQ: Has Generative AI Peaked? How vulnerable is the market to an AI swoon? SA analysts share their thoughts BlackRock believes positive market momentum will continue, touts AI AI is set to overhaul the u...

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...