Key Themes of 2026 Year-to-Date: How AI, Geopolitics, and Digital Assets Are Reshaping Portfolios

Episode 269 of BlackRock's podcast The Bid reviews the key market themes of 2026 year-to-date, covering related discussions on geopolitics, AI infrastructure, market concentration, portfolio construction, Asian markets, digital assets, and tokenization. The episode notes that AI investment has extended into energy and physical infrastructure, shifts in market concentration are changing the characteristics of major equity indices, and portfolio construction may require a multi-scenario, more granular, and dynamic approach.