Investing in A.I., Automation Can Help Your ETF Portfolio | ETF Trends – ETF Trends

Do you imagine artificial intelligence (A.I.) as a distant technology of the future? In reality, A.I., robotics, and machine learning are here and rapidly transforming all industries, markets and lives, potentially opening up a targeted exchange traded fund investment opportunity.

On the upcoming webcast, Investing in Artificial Intelligence and Automation Can Help Your ETF Portfolio, Wyatt Newman, Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Dept. at Case Western Reserve University, Travis Briggs, CEO of ROBO Global U.S., and William Studebaker, CIO and President of ROBO Global, will help investors gain real intelligence on artificial intelligence and explain how advisors can incorporate exposure to the growing segment into a diversified investment portfolio.

To help investors access the growing industry of robotics and automation, ROBO Global created an index, which served as the underlying benchmark for the ROBOGlobal Robotics & Automation Index ETF (NasdaqGM: ROBO). ROBO provides exposure to global companies engaged in the business of robotics-related or automation-related industries.

Robotics- or automation-related products and services include any technology, service or device that supports, aids or contributes to any type of robot, robotic action or automation system process, software or management.

The robotics ETF follows a two-tiered, equal-weighted system that ensures the strategy provides diversified exposure to a broad global ecosystem of new and enabling technologies as well as established automation/robotic providers. Specifically, the ETF includes a 60% tilt toward non-bellwether robotics with growing revenue contributions and a 40% tilt toward bellwether robotics companies that are well-established in the space.

The robotics ETFs portfolio may also provide exposure to companies with sustainable growth opportunities, as the underlying ROBO Global Robotics & Automation Index has exhibited attractive sales growth, EBITDA growth and earnings-per-share growth. The underlying index has even outperformed the broader technology and S&P 500 index since the 2008 financial downturn.

Sector exposures include consumer cyclical 1.0%, energy 3.9%, industrials 46.8%, technology 38.6% and healthcare 9.7%.

Top holdings include Nabtesco Corp 1.9%, Krones AG 1.9%, Intuitive Surgical 1.9%, Harmonic Drive Systems 1.9% and Oceaneering International 1.9%.

Financial advisors who want to learn more about the robotics and automation industry can register for the Wednesday, April 19 webcast here.

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