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Nights · Tuesday · 17 min

How can you protect yourself when the AI bubble pops?

If you keep a close eye on your KiwiSaver account, you'll probably have noticed some pretty good returns in recent years. Depending on the fund you're in, a lot of that has been driven by the huge growth in tech stocks linked to AI. But there could be trouble in the water. Talk of an AI bubble is getting louder, and if it does pop, we could all end up getting soaked. So how worried should we be, and is there anything we can do to prepare? Financial journalist and podcaster, Frances Cook has been thinking about just that and she joins Emile now.

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If you keep a close eye on your KiwiSaver account, you'll probably have noticed some pretty good returns in recent years. Depending on the fund you're in, a lot of that has been driven by the huge growth in tech stocks linked to AI. But there could be trouble in the water. Talk of an AI bubble is getting louder, and if it does pop, we could all end up getting soaked. So how worried should we be, and is there anything we can do to prepare? Financial journalist and podcaster, Frances Cook has been thinking about just that and she joins Emile now.