Are AI doubters on to something? AI investing helped lift major tech names at the start of the year. That owed to investors seeing the potential for AI to expand well beyond the simple generative chat models that many understand as “AI.” Amid that excitement, however, some market watchers are now asking when those future uses will start to deliver on their potential. That doubt may speak to the ongoing case for active investing
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Recent media coverage highlighted the growing concern among investors and analysts that AI investing may have created a bubble. AI may present some strong medium and long-term opportunities, but to critics, it’s wide variety of uses has yet to deliver. Indeed, AI costs remain very high in both infrastructure and in labor, but the next big breakthrough has yet to arrive.
Are We Seeing an AI Investing Bubble?
That could suggest that those megacap tech names on which many investors have relied may be exposed to that bubble risk. An AI bubble, already discussed not infrequently by market watchers this year, would undercut huge segments of tech, including many large names but also some mid-sized companies. What, then, should investors do with their tech approach moving forward?
Active investing could provide a solution. Active strategies often take a closer look at their potential investments than passive, alone. Such strategies in the tech space, for example, could adapt quickly in the case of a crisis of confidence in AI investing. The right active tech investing ETF could combine ETF advantages in transparency and taxes with a research-driven, tight view into tech.
The T. Rowe Price Growth ETF (TGRT) presents one example. While not specifically focused on tech, it does invest in leading firms. Charging 38 basis points (bps), it retains the flexibility to adapt to market changes, taking a bottom-up approach to constructing a portfolio.
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