The Global X Artificial Intelligence and Technology ETF (AIQ) holds a basket of approximately 86 companies involved in artificial intelligence across semiconductors, software, data infrastructure and platform services. By allocating assets to both established multinationals such as Alphabet and Taiwan Semiconductor and smaller, high-growth names like Palantir, investors tap into multiple segments of the AI value chain. The fund’s diversified structure reduces idiosyncratic risk tied to any single issuer, while providing exposure to both U.S. and overseas markets, with roughly 28% of assets in non-U.S. stocks.

Over the past three years, AIQ has delivered cumulative gains of about 141%, comfortably outpacing the S&P 500’s roughly 82% return for the same period. In calendar 2025, the ETF advanced near 32%, outperforming the Nasdaq Composite for most of the year and achieving those gains with volatility in line with broad tech benchmarks. Investors pay a 0.68% annual expense ratio, equivalent to $6.80 for every $1,000 invested—higher than the industry average but offset by the fund’s record of outperformance.

International companies constitute more than a quarter of AIQ’s asset base, with Samsung representing about 5.25% of total holdings and other top non-U.S. names including TSMC, Alibaba and SK Hynix. This geographic mix differentiates AIQ from U.S.-centric indices and positions it to capture breakthroughs in global AI development. Through mid-January 2026, the ETF was up an additional 3%, suggesting momentum carried into the new year. Continued expansion of AI infrastructure spending—projected to reach as much as $4 trillion by 2030—underpins a positive outlook for the fund’s diversified portfolio.