TechFlow news, January 13 — BlackRock Investment Institute has released its latest report titled "Investing Outlook 2026: Pushing the Limits," highlighting that artificial intelligence is reshaping the global economy and financial markets at an unprecedented speed and scale. The report emphasizes that AI development, currently dominated by a handful of tech giants, is shifting from a capital-light to a capital-intensive growth model, with massive capital expenditures already exerting tangible impacts on the macroeconomy.
Key insights include: a time lag exists between AI investment and returns, prompting companies to finance upfront costs through debt, thereby increasing systemic leverage risks; the U.S. economy is poised to surpass its long-term 2% growth trend for the first time; investors should maintain risk appetite and focus on U.S. equities, while remaining cautious of a potential AI bubble.
BlackRock advises investors to move away from blind diversification and instead take calculated risks, underscoring that this is a golden era for active investing—investors should closely examine the winners and losers emerging from the AI build-out.
