Artificial intelligence has sparked investor excitement not seen since the dot-com era. But analysts warn it could be a bubble ready to burst. The market now rests on the shoulders of just seven tech giants, and if they stumble, the fallout could hit the entire economy. And your retirement. Before that happens, Americans should consider protecting themselves with time-tested assets like physical gold and silver.
By any measure, the market is now overly concentrated. Nvidia is the chipmaker powering much of AI’s infrastructure. It accounts for about 8 percent of the value of the entire S&P 500 index. A larger share of the market than any company has held in the past 35 years. This summer, they crossed a historic threshold and became the first company worth more than $4 trillion. There are nine other U.S. companies valued at over $1 trillion. All but Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway are tech stocks.
