
This iShares ETF, specializing in the expanded tech-software sector, is designed to mirror the financial performance of an underlying index. This benchmark index primarily comprises North American stocks from the software industry, along with a select portfolio of North American companies operating in the interactive home entertainment and interactive media and services fields.
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Investors yanked $700 million from the top software ETF in a single session, and within hours a major earnings report threatened to make that timing look catastrophic.

Earlier this year, a fear psychosis had gripped investors that advances in AI would replace software firms, and the sector was all but written off. Anthropic's launch of new plugins for its Claude Cowork system in February sparked a global selloff in software firms, with the US markets alone losing $300 billion in market value in a day.

August was a good month for tech stocks, especially software companies that had slumped earlier in the year.

The AI trade is entering a new phase. After years of infrastructure spending, the focus is shifting toward software that can turn computing power into revenue and productivity.

Saira Malik, Chief Investment Officer at Nuveen, talks about what she wants to hear from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh in Jackson Hole and she explains why she's bullish on software stocks. Malik speaks on "Bloomberg The Close.