How Fidelity's Disruptive Thematic ETFs Suite Breaks the Mold

As the market faces more and more concentration risk from the dominance of just a few AI hyperscalers, investors are on the lookout for ETF tools to diversify their portfolios while still chasing upside.

ETF Trends • Jun 5, 2026

FBOT ETF: Risky Fund, But If AI Capex Holds, This Should Outperform

The Fidelity Disruptive Automation ETF offers concentrated exposure to companies enabling the AI infrastructure buildout, not a broad global equity proxy. FBOT has outperformed the MSCI ACWI recently, returning 27% over the past year, but exhibits high volatility and sector concentration. The fund's portfolio is a high-beta, picks-and-shovels play on AI capex, with material exposure to semiconductors, automation, and emerging markets.

Seeking Alpha • Apr 27, 2026

How a Trio of Innovation ETFs Offers Varied AI Investing Exposure

AI investing remains a top priority for investors ahead of 2026. Finding the right way into that trend, however, is the real task.

ETF Trends • Feb 2, 2026

Exploring Key Tailwinds for Fidelity's Disruptive ETFs

Fidelity Investment's suite of disruptive ETFs are designed to capture growth opportunities arising from groundbreaking innovation and transformative technologies.

ETF Trends • Jul 8, 2025

Why Fidelity's Disruptive Automation ETF Looks Compelling

The current environment may present a compelling opportunity for investors seeking to increase their allocation to the automation industry via a highly-efficient ETF.  Fears around tariffs weighed heavily on automation stocks in April.

ETF Trends • May 16, 2025

First Look: Fidelity Disruptive Automation ETF

The Fidelity Disruptive Automation ETF focuses on companies innovating in automation, AI, robotics, and related technologies, aiming to capitalize on industry-changing developments. While better than previous reviews of other disruptive ETFs in the series, I still decided to give this ETF a Sell rating. The ETF employs a bottom-up stock-picking approach, benchmarking against the MSCI ACWI Index and MSCI All Country World Industrials Equal Weighted Index.

Seeking Alpha • May 8, 2025

An Advisor's Guide to Fidelity's Disruptive ETF Suite

Thematic investing continues to garner attention at the midyear point on sustained artificial intelligence interest. For advisors and investors looking to diversify their thematic holdings, the Disruptive ETF suite from Fidelity offers strategies cutting across several sectors.

ETF Trends • Jul 2, 2024

5 ETF Predictions for 2024

The year 2023 has proven to be an exceptional year for Wall Street. Now, let's see what ETF trends would be visible in 2024.

Zacks Investment Research • Dec 22, 2023

Play AI's Impact in Active Disruptive ETFs FBOT, FDTX

AI has been one of the biggest stories of the year so far. At a time when the earnings narrative had cast doubt on tech investing, AI's potential lifted the market.

ETF Trends • Sep 15, 2023

Why traditional active managers are joining the ETF space

Greg Friedman, head of ETF management and strategy at Fidelity Investments, joins 'Halftime Report' to discuss a spike in ETF flows going to active management, Fidelity's decision to convert mutual funds to active management, and a growing number of applications for Bitcoin ETFs.

CNBC Television • Jul 24, 2023