AI Contributing to Economic Growth As has been widely documented, it's been a small cohort of big AI-related stocks that are driving broader market returns. Add to that, artificial intelligence is also becoming a key driver of economic growth. Count 2025 as yet another year in which the AI investment theme has loomed large. That's been to the benefit of market participants with exposure to AI-related equities and ETFs. For example, the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) and the Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF (QQQM) are both f ...