As an equity investor you need to invest in the stock market and along the way some of the best investment dealers will offer you advice of what to buy. They would love a continuing big piece of your investment dollars and for you to trade on a regular basis. This is where if you are a trader or long-term investor comes into being. If you are a trader, the more trades you make and the larger you pool of capital is, the better Wall Street likes you. If you are a long-term investor and tend to hold, Wall Street needs to nudge you to do more. While often we think of Madison Avenue advertising firms selling you consumer goods, the same people help sell investments. For many good reasons we have seen the rise of ETFs and that is a good thing for investors.

In an article by Suzanne McGee of Reuters, the marketing geniuses of Wall Street are working overtime to create exchange-traded funds (ETF) focused on artificial intelligence as asset managers offer new ways to tap in to the market enthusiasm for AI.

According to data from Morningstar, more than 1/3 of the 2 dozen ETFs that include artificial intelligence or AI in their name have been launched in 2024.

The AI ETF group now has assets of $4.5 billion; nuclear power ETFs have $5.5 billion and cannabis has $1.37 billion.

Linking to dividend paying stocks, as an investor you have to remember that Wall Street offers good returns for your investments, it is also one of the best marketing machines in the business world. There tends to be the ying-yang of Wall Street. At some point you will decide what you want to be a long-term investor or trader, there will always be room for both.

There are more questions than answers, till the next time – to raising questions.