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Going with the Flows: AI Still Gets the Bid, but the ETF Tape Is Starting to Separate Durable Themes From Crowded Trades

AI, Analysis, Consumer, Crypto, Cyber, Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Thematic Insights / Patrick Torbert

Thematic ETF flows show investors still favor AI infrastructure, software, dividends, electrification and energy cash flow, but recent shifts reveal more selectivity as Fed hawkishness, inflation pressure and crowded semiconductor leadership force a sharper divide between durable themes and speculation

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Factor Friday | Thematic Edition: Value Leads the Scoreboard, AI Reclaims the Tape

AI, Analysis, Cyber, Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Technology, Thematic Insights / Patrick Torbert / AIQ, AMLP, ARKQ, BAI, BOTZ, CGDV, DGRO, FCG, ICLN, IGV, KOPX, MLPX, MTUM, OIH, PAVE, PDP, POWR, QCLN, ROBO, SCHD, SKYY, SPMO, VIG, VYM, XOOP

For thematic ETF investors, the better question is not “Growth or Value?” It is which Growth, and which Value? The Growth side is AI infrastructure, semiconductors, software, robotics, and momentum. The Value side is dividend income, legacy energy, infrastructure, and selected real-asset exposure. The data argues for a barbell: participate in the AI-led rebound, but do not ignore the rate-and-inflation regime that put Value ahead in the first place.

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