- Financial services firms tanked after the launch of a new AI-powered tax planning tool that promises to do the work “within minutes.”
- Tech platform Altruist announced the offering within its AI platform, Hazel.
- Financial stocks are the latest to fall on AI threats. Software stocks have also been hit.
Shares of financial services firms tanked Tuesday after the launch of a new tax planning tool powered by artificial intelligence that promises to do the work “within minutes.”
LPL Financial closed 8.31% lower after tumbling 11% in midday trading, while Charles Schwab fell 7.42% and Raymond James Financial lost 8.75% amid fears that AI will disrupt their industry next. Morgan Stanley dropped 2.4%.
Tech platform Altruist announced the offering within its AI platform, Hazel, and said it “helps advisors create fully personalized tax strategies for clients by reading and interpreting their 1040s, paystubs, account statements, meeting notes, emails, and custodial and CRM data, and applying deep tax logic to the analysis.”
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