AllianceBernstein examines how AI’s demand for capital is linking asset classes and making diversification harder across a portfolio. Inigo Fraser Jenkins stays positive on equities and the US yet warns that the dollar and investment-grade credit may prove less defensive in an AI selloff. He favors value, healthcare, energy, gold and possibly the yen as offsetting trades.
The Everything Trade
AllianceBernstein
Inigo Fraser Jenkins
Research
24 Pages
Key Takeaways
Diversification Breaks Down: AI's capital demands increase cross-asset linkages, so the dollar and credit may no longer cushion an equity selloff the way investors expect.
Credit Concentration Rising: Technology was 2.7% of the US investment-grade market in 2025 and is on track to reach 8.8% by 2030.
Buybacks Near Balance: Extra AI-driven equity issuance could bring buybacks and issuance close to balance, removing corporations as the most consistent buyer of US stocks.