Key Points This ETF has an interesting history as it was born as a software fund. Now it resides at the high-growth intersection of AI and software. It doesn’t command the same amount of attention as other AI ETFs, but that anonymity belies opportunity. 10 stocks we like better than Invesco AI and Next Gen Software ETF › Asking any fund to behave like a story stock, let alone one with an epic tale...
Key Points This ETF has an interesting history as it was born as a software fund. Now it resides at the high-growth intersection of AI and software. It doesn’t command the same amount of attention as other AI ETFs, but that anonymity belies opportunity. 10 stocks we like better than Invesco AI and Next Gen Software ETF › Asking any fund to behave like a story stock, let alone one with an epic tale such as Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), is a tall order. After all, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are baskets of stocks, so even when those products hold shares of a darling like Nvidia, returns are determined by the entire roster, not a single name. It's a trade-off. Investors sacrifice some of the upside potential of an individual stock for the diversification benefits and removal of the stock-picking burden associated with ETFs and index funds. That doesn't mean the ETF landscape is lacking funds with multibagger potential -- not when there are so many dedicated tech and artificial intelligence (AI) ETFs on the market. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks » Take the case of the Invesco AI and Next Gen Software ETF (NYSEMKT: IGPT). This ETF, which counts Nvidia as its second-largest holding, may not be "the next Nvidia." Still, it has the ingredients needed to deliver sizable long-term gains, perhaps even those of the triple-digit variety. Below, I'll examine the bull case for this AI ETF. The leopard changed its spots -- AI software matters This Invesco ETF has $652 million in assets under management (AUM) and turned 20 years old in June, so it's neither small, nor young. What's interesting is that this fund was conceived as a software-focused ETF, but amid the AI groundswell, the issuer changed the name and index in June 2023 to better reflect its AI-centric positioning. Between 2024 and 2025, Nvidia outpaced the AI ETF by a margin of better than 5-t...
Global dollar bond issuance is poised to accelerate after Monday’s $61 billion surge, the biggest one-day tally in nearly a year, as Asian borrowers storm the market. Japan’s Resona Bank Ltd. and Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. began marketing notes on Tuesday, reprising a familiar year-start rush. Japan’s two biggest banks — Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group ...
Global dollar bond issuance is poised to accelerate after Monday’s $61 billion surge, the biggest one-day tally in nearly a year, as Asian borrowers storm the market. Japan’s Resona Bank Ltd. and Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. began marketing notes on Tuesday, reprising a familiar year-start rush. Japan’s two biggest banks — Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. — set the pace in the region with $8 billion of notes combined at the start of the week. Saudi Arabia also raised $11.5 billion in a deal Monday, lifting US-currency debt sales by companies and governments to the highest single-day total since January 2025. The issuance surge highlights early January as one of the busiest windows for companies to secure early funding, with investment‑grade credit spreads still tight. Investor appetite also remains robust, as buyers snap up highly rated debt amid resilient economic growth and broadly solid corporate fundamentals. High-grade dollar corporate bonds globally yield about 4.8%, according to a Bloomberg index — a level that remains attractive by historical standards. Read: IG ANALYSIS: Yankee Banks Kick Off Year, Leading a $37b Monday “Demand is still pretty robust and Asia’s economic environment is relatively benign,” said Omar Slim , co-head of Asia fixed income at PineBridge Investments. “We could see a little bit of spread widening here and there just because of where levels are and because of issuance, but I don’t see a base case for substantially wider spreads.”
(RTTNews) - Magna announced an expansion of its strategic collaboration with NVIDIA to support OEM deployments on the NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion platform. As part of the partnership, Magna will provide system integration, validation, and vehicle launch services for the NVIDIA DRIVE AV stack running on DRIVE AGX Thor accelerated compute. The services will cover autonomy systems from L2++ to L4, enabling...
(RTTNews) - Magna announced an expansion of its strategic collaboration with NVIDIA to support OEM deployments on the NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion platform. As part of the partnership, Magna will provide system integration, validation, and vehicle launch services for the NVIDIA DRIVE AV stack running on DRIVE AGX Thor accelerated compute. The services will cover autonomy systems from L2++ to L4, enabling seamless deployment across multiple levels of automation. Magna noted that the initiative strengthens its position as a trusted leader in the automotive industry by combining NVIDIA's advanced AI compute capabilities with Magna's expertise in engineering, integration, and validation. NVIDIA's full-stack DRIVE AV software includes standard features such as emergency braking, lane keeping, and parking assistance, along with advanced urban navigation for safe passage through complex intersections and interactions with pedestrians and cyclists. Magna's role offers OEMs flexibility, ranging from coordinating hardware and software integration to thorough testing and global rollout support. With its global manufacturing and engineering footprint, Magna is well-positioned to manage system launch activities, including verification, validation, safety approval, and deployment — particularly for high-performance compute ECUs and sensors critical to autonomous functionality. According to NVIDIA's Vice President of Automotive, Rishi Dhall, advanced compute and perception technologies are foundational to software-defined vehicle architectures. He noted that Magna's expanded support for DRIVE Hyperion reflects the growing ecosystem around AI-defined vehicles, helping OEMs accelerate the development and deployment of advanced assisted and automated driving systems. Magna and NVIDIA plan to continue their collaboration to support future vehicle platforms and advance next-generation automotive technologies. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and...