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Brokerages raising their target price on Nvidia shares this month have pushed the median view to US$500, and analysts say that may be conservative. After an impressive earnings report, hedge funds and others are piling into the chip maker even as high bond yields threaten tech stocks.

After a punishing innings for her flagship ETF, ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood thinks investors need to stop living in the 70s. This time next year the Fed will be “running in the opposite direction” and deflation will dominate the market.

ChatGPT presents an inflection point in the quantitative investment journey, writes Michael Kollo, one that doesn’t need the presence of machine learning scientists or investment in costly data acquisition.

ESG is the “emptiest” idea, according to Aswath Damodaran, while AI will morph into higher costs for companies overall with no competitive advantage in a world where the technology is ubiquitous.

The meteoric rise of Nvidia (NVDA) parallels generative AI’s own stratospheric journey. Dataset provider Appen provides an interesting local proxy stock, alongside a new wave of AI-themed ETFs.

Despite increased volatility emanating from the banking sector, tech stocks have been supported by falling bond yields on fears the global economy could slip into recession this year, with big-name companies leading the gains.