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The rise of agent-based artificial intelligence (AI) is opening a new chapter in the technology cycle. By enabling AI ‘agents’ to perform sequential tasks, connect to third-party systems and manage real-world processes, this wave is driving explosive data growth and redefining infrastructure requirements, to the benefit of certain key players, from edge cloud to industrial robotics.

At the same time, the anticipated arrival of mega-IPOs such as SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI is reviving memories of the dot-com bubble and raising questions about fair valuation in a market dominated by capital flows. In this context, how can we distinguish the long-term winners from mere market noise? Xiadong Bao, Senior Portfolio Manager of the EdR Fund Big Data, provides the answer.

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The market movement observed in recent weeks fits into a rather classic mechanism, similar to a pendulum swinging from excess fear to relief. However, this time, the breadth of the movement reflects more than a simple technical adjustment. After a phase of brutal escalation in the Middle East, the intensity and speed of the rebound posted by risk assets was particularly surprising. Indeed, this upward move ranks within the 100th percentile of 10-day rallies recorded by the S&P since 1950, lifted by growth stocks – and notably tech-related sectors (hardware, semi-conductors and memories). As if investors, already hardened by the series of shocks in recent years – pandemic, Ukraine, trade tensions – had already factored in the idea that whatever the geopolitical crisis, it is followed by rapid normalisation.

Yet behind this rebound, the change in fundamentals has been more subtle, if not concerning. Far from having abated, the energy crisis has continued to spread across the most exposed economies, notably in Asia and Europe.