If you're going to spend a lot of money on something, investors are going to want to eventually see returns. That's the case in Big Tech, where tech giants are spending billions of dollars on building AI products, but have yet to show the sort of result investors have been hoping for.

In this episode of Stocks In Translation, Yahoo Finance's markets and data editor Jared Blikre, along with Yahoo Finance producer Sydnee Fried, are joined by Trent Smalley, investment adviser and portfolio manager at JSPM LLC. They discuss Big Tech's big capital expenditures and growing investor frustration with it. They also explore the concept of hedging, an investment strategy designed to minimize the risk of adverse price movements in an asset.

The conversation also delves into the summer fluctuations in the stock markets, highlighting the unwinding of the yen carry trade that led to a huge market sell-off earlier in the month.

Blikre and the team also offer investment strategies tailored for younger investors and discuss the suitability of the 60-40 strategy. “I would… think of themes that will be present throughout somebody’s lifetime,” says Smalley. “Technology will be there. Healthcare and the aging population will be there… Staples will be there."

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Yahoo Finance's Stocks In Translation is hosted by Jared Blikre, and produced by John Tejada and Alexander Frangeskides.

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