LOHA

HALO stocks are gaining favor as investors rotate toward tangible assets and AI-resistant businesses. Here are ETFs to play the trend.

Wall Street is caught in the midst of shifting geopolitical stances of the United States and Iran, chances of higher global inflation, weak U.S. jobs data, the possibility of stagflation in the U.S. economy, and the Fed's likely dilemma in fixing the monetary policy amid a weakening labor market and accelerating inflation. Also, the occasional selloffs in the red-hot artificial intelligence (AI) space have been a steady concern.

Josh Brown, co-founder and CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, coined the term HALO as a way to identify companies immune to AI disruption. Many HALO stocks are outperforming this year, such as FedEx, ExxonMobil, and Coca-Cola, as enterprise software names like Adobe, ServiceNow, and Salesforce test 52-week lows.