Let’s start by looking at how the three main strategies—innovation-focused, demographic-focused, and environment-focused megatrends—have performed over the past year within the megatrend universe. Although headlines and market narratives might lead us to believe that IT themes and technology-focused innovations have dominated the recent period, a closer look at the numbers reveals surprising correlations. In fact, […]
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Our newly launched monthly newsletter serves as an exclusive guide from the portfolio managers and analysts of the VIG Megatrend Fund Family in the ever-changing global market. Our goal is to filter out the noise and analyze the past month’s key innovations, corporate breakthroughs, and market movements within the megatrend universe. Each month, our experts scrutinize the most important events in the innovation ecosystem, from corporate fundamentals to global trend shifts. With this publication, our investors – particularly partners in the VIG Megatrend and InnovationTrend funds – gain direct insight into the logic behind our investment decisions, uncovering the technological and social drivers propelling tomorrow’s winners.
The stock market surge so far in 2026 has been driven mainly by the technology giants (Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta), whose total investment budgets now exceed $750 billion – $80 billion more than expected at the start of earnings season and 83% higher than spending in 2025. The surge in AI capital expenditures (capex) shows […]
In April, after more than six months of decline, the software sector regained its footing. The IGV ETF, which comprises leading U.S. software companies, rose nearly 10%. However, the relief is relative; with semiconductors posting a historic monthly performance of nearly 40%, the gap between the two pillars of the AI story has never been […]
In April, records were broken in two long-distance running events, but only one of these can be attributed to the performance of a human being. On the 26th, at the London Marathon, two runners broke the two-hour barrier, which had previously been considered impossible under competitive conditions. Kenyan runner Sebastian Sawe set a new world […]
Ever since artificial intelligence (AI) burst into the public consciousness, ChatGPT – much like Google did with the internet – has become synonymous with AI. Two years ago, OpenAI, the company behind it, was undeniably leading the AI race by a comfortable margin. In recent months, however, a new AI king has been crowned: rival […]
This could be the dramatic opening of a sci-fi story, for example: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell summoned Wall Street executives to an emergency meeting, fearing that the world’s newest and most advanced AI model could trigger a cybersecurity collapse in the world’s most critical financial IT systems. Or perhaps: […]
Apple’s product strategy has been based on the same insight for decades: you don’t have to be first; you just have to be the best. A common feature of the product lineup ranging from the 2001 iPod to the 2024 Vision Pro is that Apple rarely took on the role of first mover; instead, it […]
The earnings season that began in late April was one of the most important periods of the quarter. The world’s five largest technology companies by market capitalization – Alphabet, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple – all reported their quarterly results within a matter of days. Overall, the results exceeded expectations. This time, the focus was […]