You can Bank on it.
AI’s not just a tech story anymore. It’s seeping into every corner of the market and that’s a big reason ‘Wall Street’s’ rushing to lift S&P 500 targets toward 8,500+.
Time to look beyond Big Tech. Financials (S5FINL) are primed to benefit across the sector: productivity, risk, revenue. As Jamie Dimon flagged today, JPMorgan is running ~1,000 AI use-cases, with 50–60 deemed “significant.” Add the financing flywheel -bond issuance, IPOs, M&A and the setup strengthens.
* Apollo’s bottom‑up Macro confirms it:
* A long de‑rating that began in Oct ’25 has ended.
* Momentum is turning. A period of Re‑rating looks imminent (not declared, but imminent).
As the upper half of the chart below shows, the sector sits in the upper half of the Apollo FV range as sentiment improves, while the de‑rating that started in October last year is starting to reverse.
How do we know this? We analyse every stock on value, risk, momentum and then using the Apollo investment process, aggregate up to give the sector perspective. It’s transparent, it’s repeatable, and it’s signaling a shift.
Financials have been out in the cold and laggards. They’re next.
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