{"id":572961,"date":"2026-03-31T13:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/572961\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T13:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:29:08","slug":"advice-from-larry-fink-on-how-to-avoid-getting-left-behind-by-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/572961\/","title":{"rendered":"Advice from Larry Fink on how to avoid getting left behind by AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hello Trade Secrets readers!<\/p>\n

This is our weekly newsletter tied to Trade Off<\/a>, The Globe and Mail\u2019s free stock-picking contest. Hopefully the new season has been a successful one for you so far! We\u2019ve seen plenty of market volatility of late. But as we highlight below, the long-term trends still favour investors.<\/p>\n

Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Be sure to sign up<\/a> to receive the Trade Secrets newsletter in your inbox.<\/p>\n

The Leaderboard<\/p>\n

It\u2019s still early and the roller-coaster ride in the markets has meant multiple shifts on the Trade Off leaderboard. Geopolitical headlines have led to a mix of up and down days for oil, gold, tech and everything in between, and Trade Off players who are seeing big gains have stock picks in energy and mining. <\/p>\n

In the very short term, sometimes it\u2019s just a game of luck based on news flow. For example, perhaps you held shares of Arm Holdings, prior to the company\u2019s positive announcement to make its own chips. Or perhaps you bet on the Canadian renewable energy firm Boralex, prior to the news it would be acquired. On the other hand, you may have picked shares of market darling Dollarama, only to see the stock struggle after a soft sales outlook.<\/p>\n

This Week in Markets<\/p>\n

If Trade Off has helped introduce you to the benefits of investing, that\u2019s a good thing! Much of what\u2019s happening worldwide is out of your control. But as an investor, you can have some control over your financial future. And don\u2019t just take my word for it: Recently, one of the most influential business leaders urged people to offset our uncertain future by becoming investors.<\/p>\n

Larry Fink, CEO of the world\u2019s largest asset manager BlackRock, urged people in his annual shareholder letter to focus on having a stake in AI\u2019s upside, rather than just worrying about AI\u2019s impact on jobs. Without broader participation in the markets, he believes AI could widen the gap between those who benefit from it and those who don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

In my humble opinion, we should embrace the idea of teaching our kids about the benefits of financial literacy. It\u2019s something I wrote<\/a> about last year.<\/p>\n

Fink also made the case for staying invested over the long term, even if things seem dicey in the short term. \u201cOver the past two decades, every dollar invested in the S&P 500 grew more than eightfold. Miss just the 10 best days, and you would have earned less than half. And some of the market\u2019s strongest days came amid the most unsettling headlines,\u201d Fink wrote.<\/p>\n

On a related note, one top Wall Street firm actually boosted its outlook for the S&P this year, despite all the uncertainty. Strategists at Barclays believe that even with all the worries, there\u2019s enough muscle behind the U.S. economy to power earnings for S&P companies higher by as much as 15 per cent this year. That profit lift, in Barclay\u2019s opinion, justifies higher valuations for stocks.<\/p>\n

Trade Secret Tips<\/p>\n

There\u2019s been lots of talk about how oil\u2019s surge influences what you pay at the gas pump. But there are some investor considerations, which The Globe and Mail has been actively exploring. For active investors, here\u2019s some analysis on what oil prices could mean for transportation stocks.<\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, if you want to set up your own watchlist of stocks, whether it\u2019s energy names or stocks that could be impacted by the oil swings, you can do that here.<\/a><\/p>\n

And finally, while some might feel the urge to save in these uncertain times, higher oil prices have raised inflationary concerns. Some new findings highlight how inflation can ultimately eat into the value of your cash.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Good luck with the trading week ahead!<\/p>\n

Jon<\/p>\n

Jon Erlichman is the founder of Ticker Take<\/a> on YouTube and a contributor to BNN Bloomberg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: ThongSam\/iStockPhoto \/ Getty Images Hello Trade Secrets readers! This is our weekly newsletter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[62,276,277,49,48,220231,61,220230],"class_list":["post-572961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ordid3776966284edit2","tag-technology","tag-tradesecretsnewsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}