The large-cap index is nowhere near as diversified as you think AI stocks, like Jensen Huang’s chip giant Nvidia, dominate the S&P 500. If the turmoil in artificial-intelligence and technology stocks gets any worse, millions of Americans — actually, tens of millions of Americans — are suddenly going to discover that their retirement funds are far less diversified than they thought. They are going to find out that a shockingly large part of their entire portfolio was being gambled on these AI and technology stocks.
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Brett Arends is an award-winning financial writer with many years of experience in writing about markets, economics and personal finance. He has received an individual award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers for his financial writing, and was part of the Boston Herald team that won two others. He has worked as an analyst at McKinsey Co., and is a Chartered Financial Consultant.
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