Tech stocks have been leading the market this year; that’s no secret. The tech-heavy NASDAQ index, even after recent losses, has a year-to-date gain of ~32%, and the S&P 500, which includes a large tech segment, is up 16%.
Those broad numbers cover up some important drill-downs. It’s the giant tech firms that are leading the way, and among them, AI has played a conspicuous part in the gains. The technology came to sudden prominence last November, when OpenAI released its ChatGPT AI-powered chatbot, and showed just what AI was capable of.
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