All Large cap articles
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White papersChips and Frack: How the AI Boom Rhymes with the US Shale Cycle
Few investors would naturally put artificial intelligence data centers and US shale oil in the same frame. One is built on advanced semiconductors and software; the other on rock, steel and drilling rigs. But the economic pattern is familiar. A breakthrough changes what is possible, demand outruns supply, attractive profit pools emerge and capital floods in. Then capacity expands, costs fall and competition tests which businesses have durable advantages.
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White papersTechnology outlook: Balancing rapid growth with long-term valuations
Technological innovations are disrupting virtually every part of the global economy – from consumption, financial transactions, manufacturing, energy and more.
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White papersIs your core US equity allocation ready for what’s next?
US equities often sit at the heart of most investment portfolios, but the US market today looks very different from the one that rewarded passive investors for much of the past decade. Concentration has reached historic levels, and early signs suggest leadership is beginning to broaden. That shift could have real consequences for how investors implement their core US equity exposure.
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White papersUS vs. China: Who’s winning the AI race?
Thomas Edison had George Westinghouse. Apollo had Sputnik. Today’s artificial intelligence race between the United States and China may be the latest example of rivalry acting as a catalyst for innovation.
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White papersSo, Why Don’t You Own It? Understanding Underweights in Equity Investing
Concentrated markets demand active choices about which risks to avoid.
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White papersLooking beyond mega-caps
AI-focused capital flows are reshaping private markets, concentrating capital, and creating consensus exposure. We believe this dynamic has contributed to a growing divide between large-and mega-cap (predominantly) AI companies and perhaps overlooked small- and mid-cap opportunities often found in sectors outside of AI.
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White papersFour charts that expose market concentration risk
Since ChatGPT launched in 2022, some AI-related stocks have soared to record highs despite elevated inflation, sweeping tariffs and war in the Middle East. A small group of companies now make up an outsized share of the US market, pushing concentration to levels not seen in decades.
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White papersWhen safe isn’t safe
Artificial intelligence is real, powerful, and beginning to reshape the economy. What is yet to be determined, however, is whether financial markets have pulled forward too much of this future too quickly, and into too narrow a set of stocks. As AI becomes the dominant market narrative, the distinction between revolutionary technology and durable investment return rarely mattered more.
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White papersAt AI’s Edge: Precision Hardware Is Moving From Data Centers To Devices
As the AI rollout shifts from training large language models in the cloud to orchestrating armies of agents on local devices, hardware makers are racing to upgrade their components to meet rising computational demand.
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White papersMore US Stocks Are Marching to a Different Beat
AI leadership has left many stocks moving to a different rhythm. Investors should tune in.
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White papersEquity Outlook 3Q 2026: Broadening Earnings Growth Meets Elevated Volatility
We believe the market will continue to rally—driven by broadening earnings, not multiple expansion—though the grind higher may be bumpier as risk mounts.
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PodcastKnow What You Own: Joe Amato on the AI Rally, Mega-Cap IPOs, and the Hidden Risk in Passive
US equities have proven remarkably resilient this year. Despite the Middle East conflict, energy price pressures, and an uneven global backdrop, the market has powered higher on AI enthusiasm and broad-based earnings growth. But beneath the headline numbers, the questions that matter most are about durability, valuations, and what investors actually own.
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White papersThe Infrastructure Behind AI
Artificial intelligence feels instantaneous, but that speed is built on a vast physical system across from cell towers, transmission networks, data centers, energy systems and beyond. Our infographic outlines how AI is fundamentally an infrastructure story.
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White papersThe IPO market inflection
How a new cohort of large AI-driven companies could reshape liquidity and market structure
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White papersArticle Tech IPOs play leapfrog
Disruption may turn yesterday’s winners into tomorrow’s also rans.
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PodcastCheaper, smarter and ever broader uses: AI offers a long growth runway
Artificial intelligence (AI) models continue to get smarter and cheaper, spurring adoption and expanding the total addressable market. Pamela Hegarty and Derek Glynn, Co-portfolio Managers of BNPP AM’s disruptive technology strategy provide Daniel Morris, Chief Market Strategist, with their expert views of the current AI industry and its investment potential, not least in supporting both training and inferencing applications.
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VideoVideo For IPOs, a three-legged stool worth touting
Resilience, timing and the pipeline have supported a robust IPO market this year.
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VideoAre small caps set for a U-turn?
After an earnings recession, small caps’ fortune is set for a positive pivot.
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White papersCIO Weekly: To Infinity and Beyond…SpaceX’s IPO
The SpaceX IPO is without precedent in scale and structure. Its implications for markets, indices and portfolios extend well beyond the deal itself.
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White papersAI’s long-term investment potential continues to ratchet up
While geopolitical tensions continue to dominate global headlines, one topic remains at the forefront of investor discourse: the technology sector – and more specifically, artificial intelligence and its long-term potential.
