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Safe Haven ETF Picking by AI Panel

Steve LeCompte | | Posted in: Investing Expertise, Strategic Allocation

Is the evolving set of artificial intelligence (AI) platforms based on large language models interesting as safe haven selection advisors? Are they monolithic, or diverse? As a simple exploration, we pose to each of Grok, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini the following prompt regarding 16 potential safe haven exchange-traded funds (ETF) from the list in "Best Safe Haven ETF?":

Using all training and real-time data available to you, please provide your unique view of 16 ETFs that are potential safe havens during U.S. equity market crashes by ranking them from best safe haven to worst safe haven: XLU, TLT, IEF, SHY, BIL, LQD, AGG, TIP, VTIP, VNQ, GLD, SLV, DBC, USO, UUP, GBTC. Do not provide any explanations.

We then compare and contrast results from AI panel members. Using responses to the prompt as posed in early June 2026, we find that:

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