## [# Hot Reads: ETFs Meet AI: Machines Don’t Always Win ](/sections/daily-hot-reads/hot-reads-etfs-meet-ai-machines-dont-always-win)
# Hot Reads: ETFs Meet AI: Machines Don’t Always Win
Plus, El-Erian says U.S. economy facing ‘trilemma.’
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[By Lisa Barr](/contributors/lisa-barr)
Apr 24, 2023
Edited by: Ron Day
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[**AI and ETFs: The Machines Are Coming**](https://www.ft.com/content/98b1aea6-b0f0-4786-9899-2f674cb1ebf8) (Financial Times)
ETFs using machine learning and natural language processing to pick stocks do not consistently outperform indexes … yet.
[**El-Erian: Economy Facing Ultimate ‘Trilemma’**](https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/mohamed-el-erian-top-economist-market-outlook-recession-inflation-fed-2023-4) (Markets Insider)
The top economist says the U.S. central bank is facing three simultaneous major obstacles.
[**Is It a Bull or a Bear Market?**](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/22/is-it-a-bull-market-or-a-bear-market-stocks-churning-in-same-spot-for-weeks-frustrates-investors.html) (CNBC)
Stocks churning in the same spot for weeks is frustrating investors.
[**Bitcoin Traders Call for Calm as BTC Price Slips 10% in a Week**](https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-traders-call-for-calm-as-btc-price-slips-10-in-a-week) (CoinTelegraph)
The cryptocurrency is seeing a “logical and healthy” pullback, say commentators.
[**Bond Traders Wait for Calm to Shatter With Fed ‘Breaking Stuff’**](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-22/bond-traders-wait-for-calm-to-shatter-with-fed-breaking-stuff?leadSource=uverify%20wall) (Bloomberg)
Key data on the docket includes Fed’s favored inflation gauge.
[**Legislation or Lawsuits?**](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/19/legislation-or-lawsuits-the-spot-bitcoin-etf-debate-forges-ahead.html) (ETF Edge)
The spot bitcoin ETF debate forges ahead.
[**Jeremy Grantham: More Banking Problems May Lie Ahead**](https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/grantham-house-prices-bubble-crash-stock-market-outlook-banking-crisis-2023-4) (Markets Insider)
He also warns house prices will drop and the S&P 500 could plunge 52%.
[**Still Rethinking the Fed**](https://www.advisorperspectives.com/commentaries/2023/04/22/still-rethinking-the-fed) (Advisor Perspectives)
Sometimes the Fed gets it right, such as now, by prioritizing inflation control ahead of growth.
[**Institutional Investors and the Net-Zero Transition**](https://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2023/04/20/partnering-for-impact-institutional-investors-and-the-net-zero-transition/) (CFA Institute)
Partnerships among institutional investors are crucial to achieving a low-carbon economy.
[**What Happens After a Bad Year in the Stock Market?**](https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2023/04/what-happens-after-a-bad-year-in-the-stock-market/) (A Wealth of Common Sense)
The year is still young, but there’s a divergence in the price action between 2022 and 2023.
[**Former SEC Chair: A Security Today May Not Be a Security Tomorrow**](https://blockworks.co/news/jay-clayton-ether-sec-security) (Blockworks)
Jay Clayton says courts are not the place to resolve asset classifications.
[ Lisa Barr ](/contributors/lisa-barr)
Lisa Barr is a former copy editor at etf.com. [View Bio](/contributors/lisa-barr)
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