Overview
- New reports detail always‑on AI systems that execute strategies and handle risk with minimal oversight across stock and crypto markets.
- Ningbo’s High‑Flyer disclosed a 52.55% average return in 2025, underscoring the performance edge of AI‑driven quant funds.
- By comparison, 84% of first‑year retail crypto traders lost money, a gap tied to human errors such as panic selling that agents avoid.
- Adoption remains uneven, with about 19% globally using AI tools for portfolios and roughly 39% of UK respondents using AI for future planning.
- Analysts recommend a managerial approach—selecting agents, setting objectives and controls, and monitoring performance—amid Goldman Sachs’ layoff warnings and recent market jitters tied to a Citrini Research scenario.