• Investors rotated out of expensive AI and growth stocks following the Fed’s latest rate cut 
• Capital flowed into value and cyclical sectors such as small caps, financials and industrials 
• Strategists view the shift as a positive signal for economic confidence, not a tech collapse 

Investors are pulling money from highflying artificial-intelligence stocks and reallocating it across a wider range of assets, a shift that signals growing confidence in the U.S. economic outlook, according to a MarketWatch analysis by Joseph Adinolfi. After the Federal Reserve delivered another interest-rate cut, investors appeared more willing to rotate into value-oriented and cyclical stocks that had lagged during the AI-driven rally, suggesting expectations for a so-called “Goldilocks” economy with steady growth and easing inflation.

Market strategists say the move reflects profit-taking in richly valued AI-linked names rather than a fundamental loss of faith in technology. Josh Schachter, chief investment officer at Easterly Snow, described the trend as a rotation out of stocks that have already performed well and into those left behind. While AI and large-cap tech shares weakened, money flowed into small caps, financials, industrials and other cyclical sectors that tend to benefit from lower rates and improving economic conditions.

Despite broader market volatility late in the week, several indicators reinforced the rotation narrative. The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its strongest three-day outperformance versus the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 in months, while the valuation gap between growth and value stocks narrowed to its lowest level since early September. Analysts cited easing recession fears, expectations for continued Fed support and resilient growth as reasons the shift could represent a healthy rebalancing rather than the start of a deeper downturn.

Source: MarketWatch, Joseph Adinolfi; additional reporting by Joy Wiltermuth

and Mike DeStefano.

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