{"id":26714,"date":"2026-03-27T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/?p=26714"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:09:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:09:52","slug":"adapt-or-perish-why-ai-is-rewriting-the-rules-of-investing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/adapt-or-perish-why-ai-is-rewriting-the-rules-of-investing\/","title":{"rendered":"Adapt or Perish:\u00a0Why AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Investing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card card-body bg-light mb-4 mt-4\">\n<p><strong>Managing Editor\u2019s Note: <\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Today,\u00a0we&#8217;re\u00a0hearing from\u00a0TradeSmith\u00a0CEO,\u00a0Keith Kaplan,\u00a0with a\u00a0message every investor needs to read.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Keith has spent decades at the intersection of finance and technology\u00a0\u2013\u00a0building\u00a0TradeSmith\u00a0into one of the most innovative investment research and analytics platforms available to everyday investors today. Under his leadership, TradeSmith\u00a0has developed\u00a0cutting-edge\u00a0tools that bring institutional-grade analysis directly to individual investors.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, Keith is sounding the alarm on one of the biggest shifts\u00a0he&#8217;s\u00a0ever seen in the markets,\u00a0and introducing the AI-powered trading system he believes can help everyday investors not just survive it, but profit from it.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here&#8217;s Keith\u2026<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Adapt or perish.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the rapid advancement of AI,&nbsp;that\u2019s&nbsp;the Darwinian prospect every investor is facing&nbsp;right now.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just look at the stellar jumps both&nbsp;Meta Platforms<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;Microsoft<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>saw on Thursday morning after they reported their Q2 earnings: MSFT saw an 8% pop, and META soared an amazing 13%.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both stocks, of course, settled a bit after the&nbsp;initial&nbsp;euphoria, but the message is clear: These companies are moving in the&nbsp;<em>right<\/em>&nbsp;direction. Their leaders know that if they&nbsp;don\u2019t&nbsp;keep up with \u2013 or even surpass \u2013 the expectations of the times,&nbsp;they\u2019ll&nbsp;go the way of the dinosaurs\u2026 in&nbsp;perhaps an&nbsp;even more explosive way.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To quote&nbsp;Meta\u2019s&nbsp;CEO, Mark Zuckerberg:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cAI keeps accelerating, and over the past few months, we\u2019ve begun to see glimpses of AI systems improving themselves.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even the improvements are improving\u2026 and&nbsp;that\u2019s&nbsp;saying a lot.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am certainly not saying to go out and grab a bunch of Meta or Microsoft stock right now, but what I&nbsp;<em>am<\/em>&nbsp;saying is that AI is not limited to company applications\u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&nbsp;have to&nbsp;learn how to use AI&nbsp;<em>ourselves<\/em>&nbsp;as investors.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And those who want to survive and thrive must integrate AI into their wealth-building process as quickly as possible<em>.&nbsp;<\/em>Those who&nbsp;fail to&nbsp;do so will be left behind&#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But&nbsp;don\u2019t&nbsp;just take my word for it: Let me show you why&nbsp;the old way of trading simply&nbsp;won\u2019t&nbsp;work anymore&#8230;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Old Rules No Longer Apply<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s&nbsp;a frantic \u201carms race\u201d on Wall Street to develop ever more sophisticated AI systems to extract profits from the markets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And&nbsp;this technology has proliferated at a pace even I&nbsp;didn&#8217;t&nbsp;fully&nbsp;anticipate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s&nbsp;just a small sample of developments&nbsp;from the past year\u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Steven Cohen&#8217;s Point72 Asset Management&#8217;s new (AI)-focused fund posted a 14% gain just three months after launching\u00a0in October 2024.\u00a0That\u2019s\u00a0more than twice the 6% gain for the tech-heavy Nasdaq over the same\u00a0timeframe.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Paul Marshall and Ian Wace\u2019s AI-powered Trade Optimized Portfolio System (TOPS) synthesizes thousands of trade ideas \u2013 as well as data from social media \u2013 to find winners Its algorithm-powered strategy netted\u202f23%\u202fin 2024\u00a0and a further\u202f7%\u202fin 2025.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>According to an article in\u00a0<em>The<\/em>\u00a0<em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>, model portfolios \u2013 many driven by algorithmic or AI-based strategies \u2013 now manage\u202fnearly $8\u202ftrillion. And more than 80% of fee-based advisers use them for at least some client money.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>AI&nbsp;isn\u2019t&nbsp;hype;&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;reshaping how money gets managed&nbsp;on a gargantuan scale.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And this shift toward AI by deep-pocketed money managers is happening right when&nbsp;the gains from buy-and-hold investing are becoming more difficult to find\u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take&nbsp;this year, for example.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If&nbsp;you&nbsp;had&nbsp;invested&nbsp;$5,000&nbsp;in the&nbsp;S&amp;P 500&nbsp;on January&nbsp;2,&nbsp;you\u2019d&nbsp;be&nbsp;down about $200&nbsp;today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s&nbsp;the wrong kind of asymmetric bet. You&nbsp;have to&nbsp;risk a ton to&nbsp;<em>lose<\/em>&nbsp;a small amount.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime,&nbsp;you\u2019d&nbsp;have experienced&nbsp;the highest level of volatility&nbsp;\u2013 a.k.a.&nbsp;whipsawing stock prices \u2013&nbsp;since the&nbsp;COVID&nbsp;crash in 2020.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April&nbsp;2025, the S&amp;P 500 plunged 11% over just two trading days.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That wiped out&nbsp;$6.6 trillion&nbsp;in stock market value.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A couple&nbsp;days&nbsp;later, we got a one-day rally of 9%.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is NOT normal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These&nbsp;are just a few examples, but they prove a point that many&nbsp;retail investors&nbsp;are reluctant to&nbsp;admit\u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The old rules no longer apply. If&nbsp;you\u2019re&nbsp;relying on buy-and-hold to build your nest egg,&nbsp;you\u2019re&nbsp;getting eaten alive by volatility.&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make no mistake, this is just the beginning.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With geopolitical conflict rising around the world\u2026 the pace of technological progress upending entire industries\u2026 and intense political battles playing out across America folks betting on a return to normalcy are kidding themselves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add in the widespread adoption of AI on Wall Street, and the rules of investing and trading are about to be rewritten.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&nbsp;don\u2019t&nbsp;say this lightly.&nbsp;It\u2019s&nbsp;a trend&nbsp;I\u2019ve&nbsp;been tracking for many years. And&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;only going to accelerate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But&nbsp;there\u2019s hope.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because these&nbsp;powerful&nbsp;trading&nbsp;tools are no longer locked away inside billion-dollar quant funds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to&nbsp;TradeSmithGPT&nbsp;\u2013 the AI trading&nbsp;system&nbsp;we launched earlier this summer at&nbsp;TradeSmith&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;everyday investors&nbsp;can&nbsp;now&nbsp;also tap into the power of AI to boost profits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a report from the SEC, hedge funds deploying AI-driven trading strategies outperformed their peers by an average of 12%. The system&nbsp;we\u2019ve&nbsp;developed can do even better\u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like a 69% gain in four days from the crash of Estee Lauder in late February of&nbsp;2025\u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-918437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-14.png 936w, https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-14-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-14-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-14-700x394.png 700w, https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-14-856x480.png 856w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Or 148% in 5 days from CarMax\u2019s jump in April&nbsp;2025&nbsp;\u2013<em>&nbsp;amid the tariff turmoil, mind you<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-918440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-15.png 936w, https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-15-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-15-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-15-700x394.png 700w, https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-15-856x480.png 856w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, not every trade will&nbsp;be a winner. So,&nbsp;you should&nbsp;<em>never<\/em>&nbsp;invest more money than you can afford to lose.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But with its ability to process complex information and adapt to changing market conditions,&nbsp;TradeSmithGPT&nbsp;is becoming an indispensable tool for everyday investors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However,&nbsp;TradeSmithGPT&nbsp;has been around for a few weeks now\u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;gotten quite a lot of attention\u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So much so, that&nbsp;<strong>we\u2019ve&nbsp;had to<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>limit the amount of&nbsp;TradeSmithGPT&nbsp;users<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve&nbsp;briefly reopened its doors to allow only 250 new&nbsp;members \u2013 and to sweeten the deal,&nbsp;<strong>we have a new AI trade alert in the barrel and ready to go out on Tuesday,&nbsp;March 31<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the choice is yours when it comes to your money: adapt, or watch your hard-earned cash perish.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But act quickly: This opportunity expires Monday,&nbsp;March 30, at midnight Eastern Time.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And until then,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.tradesmith.com\/?cid=MKT865009&amp;eid=MKT866161&amp;step=start&amp;plcid=PLC243603&amp;SNAID=%%SNAID%%&amp;email=%%emailaddr%%&amp;encryptedSnaid=%%ENCRYPTEDSNAID%%&amp;emailjobid=%%jobid%%&amp;emailname=%%emailname_%%\">click here to see how you can get started with\u00a0TradeSmithGPT<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope to see your name on the new user list.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.tradesmith.com\/?cid=MKT865009&amp;eid=MKT866161&amp;step=start&amp;plcid=PLC243603&amp;SNAID=%%SNAID%%&amp;email=%%emailaddr%%&amp;encryptedSnaid=%%ENCRYPTEDSNAID%%&amp;emailjobid=%%jobid%%&amp;emailname=%%emailname_%%\">Go here now for details<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buy-and-hold is dying, AI is taking over Wall Street, and your next move could make all the difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"0","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"service":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"publication":[10],"person":[118],"newsletter-type":[],"ticker":[],"class_list":["post-26714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-minute","publication-market-minute","person-keith-kaplan"],"acf":[],"ai_tts_audio_outdated":false,"ai_tts_legacy_post":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26714"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26732,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26714\/revisions\/26732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26714"},{"taxonomy":"publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication?post=26714"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=26714"},{"taxonomy":"newsletter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newsletter-type?post=26714"},{"taxonomy":"ticker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ticker?post=26714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}