Human Data, Robot Hands: Where Automation Goes Next

High-quality real-world data has been a major bottleneck for teaching robot hands: A video can show movement without measuring touch or force.

ETF Trends • Oct 21, 2026

VettaFi Locks In SPADE Defense Index Acquisition

VettaFi has experienced strong growth as a differentiated index provider in 2026. This momentum continues with today's acquisition of The SPADE® Defense Index.

ETF Trends • Oct 5, 2026

Where AI Competitive Moats Are Evaporating & Being Built

Artificial intelligence (AI) is dismantling the competitive advantages that entire market segments have relied on for decades. Understanding where competitive moats are disappearing versus where they are being reinforced due to AI may be one of the most important questions that investors can ask right now.

ETF Trends • Sep 30, 2026

How to Play the AI Trade With a Core-Satellite ETF Strategy

Unsure whether AI is a bubble or a boom? A core-satellite ETF strategy can help investors pursue AI growth without making an all-or-nothing bet.

Zacks Investment Research • Sep 30, 2026

NTHM's Index Rebalance Puts Thematic Rotation to Work

The latest rebalance of VettaFi's Thematic Rotation Quality Momentum Screened Index (TQRMS), tracked by the NBI Thematic Rotation ETF (NTHM:TSX), reshapes the portfolio around a new set of themes. GLP-1 weight loss drug manufacturers and midstream energy join the index, while battery technology & storage and software-as-a-service (SaaS) exit.

ETF Trends • Sep 25, 2026

How Policy, Geopolitics And AI Are Reshaping Markets

Markets are broader than headlines suggest. AI is driving wider economic growth in Canada. Why Canada is positioned to benefit from the AI buildout.

Seeking Alpha • Sep 26, 2026

How Personal AI Is Upending Consumer Business Models

For decades, large enterprises have quietly profited from consumer inertia through confusing billing structures, complex subscription models, and call center labyrinths designed to wear down customers. However, that business model may soon run out of time, thanks to personal AI agents.

ETF Trends • Sep 22, 2026

How to Build a Humanoid Body

Last month we broke down the three key areas needed to build your own humanoid. We have already looked at the companies behind the technologies required to build a humanoid's brain.

ETF Trends • Sep 16, 2026

AI & Robotics in 2026: 16 Recent Developments for Investors

If AI and robotics suddenly feel like they are moving faster, August gave investors plenty of evidence that the pace really is accelerating. We saw longer-running agents, faster and cheaper inference, AI systems reaching into laboratories and physical equipment, robots learning from fewer demonstrations, and new capital and infrastructure forming around commercial deployment.

ETF Trends • Sep 9, 2026

Governments Are Encouraging Industrial Robotic Growth

The robotics sector, including ETFs like BOTZ, ROBO, and ARKQ, offers early-stage growth potential but requires investor patience and measured position sizing. Industrial robotics, with measurable demand and recurring revenue models (e.g.

Seeking Alpha • Sep 3, 2026