A growing number of investors are shifting capital into exchange-traded funds that deliberately limit exposure to artificial intelligence and US equities, responding to the extreme concentration that has developed in major global indices.
The trend reflects a strategic pivot away from the dominant market narrative of the past few years, where the AI boom drove disproportionate weight toward a small group of technology companies.
According to Handelsblatt, this rebalancing is driven by concerns over the structural imbalance in standard world indices.
As the AI rally has persisted, the weighting of top US tech firms has expanded significantly, creating a portfolio risk that many asset managers now view as unsustainable.
The German financial daily highlights three specific ETF strategies that are gaining attention for their ability to mitigate this exposure, offering investors a way to participate in global growth without being overly dependent on the performance of a few mega-cap stocks.
The move comes as the broader market faces a reality check in the technology sector.