How Wall Street’s all-in bet on AI blew up
US midterm elections sparked a hedge fund and retail investor exodus from a trade that had taken over equity markets
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US midterm elections triggered mass exit from AI-themed equity trades
- Midterm election outcome catalyzed coordinated unwind of AI-related long positions by hedge funds and retail
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| Technology Select Sector SPDRETFXLK | 🔒 Members only | 🔒 Members only |
| TeslaSTOCKIndirectTSLA | 🔒 Members only | 🔒 Members only |
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Published：2026-11-07 06:32:23 · Source：ft · Automatically aggregated and analysed — verify against the original source.