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Bloomberg Surveillance · Monday, July 20, 2026

High Correlation Risk in Markets Fueled by AI and Leveraged ETFs

A 'high correlation accident' is a growing concern in financial markets, driven by AI's increasing influence on various market factors and the proliferation of leveraged ETFs. This interconnectedness could lead to rapid and significant market downturns.

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So one of my concerns is we've been talking some people and if you think about various factors, right, you have momentum, you have all these factors, and you know, a lot of the really best hedge funds kind of run their positions based on these factors, and they're trying to organize it.
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And so all these things have become very correlated. And I would add that market structure to me is just off. I hate all these triple leverage gtfs.
Speaker 3
So yeah, I think when this happens, it can happen really really fast. We saw a bit of it last week.
Speaker 3
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