BlackRock Adjusts $185 Billion Investment Portfolio, Betting on U.S. Stock Market Performance and AI Trends

BlockBeats News, September 17 — An investment outlook report shows that the world’s largest asset management company, BlackRock, is “raising its risk allocation”—significantly increasing its holdings of U.S. stocks and expanding its exposure to the artificial intelligence (AI) sector within its $185 billions model portfolio platform. The outlook report points out that, thanks to the “top-tier earnings performance” of the U.S. stock market, BlackRock has increased its allocation to U.S. equities in its series of model portfolios at the expense of reducing holdings in international developed market stocks. After the adjustment, the overall stock holdings in these portfolios are overweighted by 2%.

Data shows that on Tuesday, as BlackRock completed its asset allocation adjustment, its corresponding ETFs saw capital flows in the billions of dollars. This adjustment to the model portfolios is seen as a “vote of confidence” in the U.S. stock market rally: since the beginning of this year, driven by the investment boom in the AI sector and market bets on an imminent rate-cutting cycle by the Federal Reserve, the S&P 500 Index has reached record highs. BlackRock stated in its investment report that the relatively strong earnings performance of U.S. companies will continue to drive U.S. stocks higher, noting that since the third quarter of 2024, U.S. corporate earnings have grown by 11%, while earnings growth for similar companies in other developed markets has been less than 2%. (Golden Ten Data)