Artificial intelligence has fuelled exceptional market performance, but it has also created opportunities in overlooked areas of the global equity market. In this episode, Sam Witherow, co-manager of the JPM Global Equity Income fund, discusses why high-quality companies have lagged despite strong fundamentals, how dividend investing can still capture technology-led growth and where the most attractive opportunities lie outside the AI winners. The interview covers US equities, semiconductor leaders, financials, healthcare and medtech, before looking at market valuations, geopolitical risks and the outlook for global equities.

What’s covered in this episode:

AI and market euphoria
Quality versus momentum
Dividend growth investing
US market outlook
Technology opportunities
TSMC and AI infrastructure
The AI "layer cake"
Financial sector opportunities
Banks versus exchanges
Healthcare and medtech
Market valuations
Broadening earnings growth
Building resilient portfolios
Global equity outlook

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