Nerve-soothing investments for the AI bubble age

'This is the sort of frequently overlooked investment that can bring stability to portfolios'

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Gabriel Sacks shines the light on four stocks that he describes as "frankly, a bit dull" when compared to the "blinding dazzle of tech", but could actually help calm nerve-shredded investors

An investor of my acquaintance – we shall call him Mr R – spent the evening of November 26 last year nervously scouring the internet. He was looking for news of Nvidia's Q3 2025 earnings call.  It was pretty late in the UK when CEO Jensen Huang at last surfaced to declare forecast-beating revenues and profits. In doing so, he tempered widespread anxiety over a ready-to-burst artificial intelligence (AI) bubble.  Mr R was relieved, to say the least. He immediately dashed upstairs, where he woke his slumbering wife and assured her she would be able to check on their holdings the followi...

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