UOB advises investors to bet on AI, hedge with gold

Next technology phase is physical PUBLISHED : 21 Aug 2026 at 07:03 UOB Thailand recommends investors maintain an allocation of 5-7% in gold to strengthen portfolio resilience amid heightened global uncertainties..ecneiliser detartsnomed sah ymonoce eht ,nrecnoc a sniamer tsaE elddiM eht ni tcilfnoc eht hguohtlA .dnaliahT BOU ta tnemeganam htlaew dna tisoped fo daeh ,miL lebA dias ,oiloftrop rieht fo trap sa dlog ni %7-5 dloh ot srotsevni sesivda knab ehT .stnempoleved lacitilopoeg dna stsoc ygrene rehgih gnitcelfer ,%5.3 ta sdnats hcihw ,noitalfni enildaeh SU remrif fo pordkcab a tsniaga semoc kooltuo ehT .raey txen stuc etar laitnetop htiw ,raey siht tuohguorht ydaets etar ycilop sti peek ot evreseR laredeF SU eht stcepxe knab ehT .dias miL rM ,ecnuo rep 003,4$ fo tsacerof suoiverp s'knab eht dessaprus secirp retfa ,7202 ni ecnuo rep 000,5$SU ot esir ot ecirp dlog labolg eht stsacerof osla BOU .nawiaT dna aeroK htuoS ,anihC gnidulcni ,stekram naisA dna SU eht ni skcots detaler-)IA( ecnegilletni laicifitra dna ygolonhcet ylralucitrap ,seitiuqe ni noitisop thgiewrevo na sniatniam BOU ,raey siht fo retrauq driht eht rof noitacolla oiloftrop gnidrageR .dias eh ",elcyc IA eht fo srenniw eht rof kool dluohs srotsevni erehw tceffa segnahc eseht dna ,snoitatsbus sdeen nociliS .tnatropmi yllauqe gnimoceb era taeh gniganam dna atad gnivom ,yticirtcele gniylppuS .enola rewop gnitupmoc yb denimreted eb ot ylekilnu tnempoleved fo esahp txen eht htiw ,lacisyhp gnimoceb si IA" ".tiforp a ekam ot elba erew seinapmoc detaler fo %41 dnuora ylno nehw ,sisirc moc-tod eht htiw derapmoc evitisop sniamer kooltuo nruter s'yrtsudni eht ,elihwnaeM .gniworrob naht rehtar latipac nwo 'seinapmoc gnisu ylralucitrap ,tnemtsevnier evissam gniogrednu si yrtsudni eht sa ,elbbub IA na fo sngis ees ton od eW" .etaroireted snoitidnoc tekram nehw pu dloh nac taht stessa dna emocni dexif ,semeht htworg larutcurts ,sgninrae etaroproc ytilauq gnidulcni ,nruter fo secruos tnereffid deen ylgnisaercni soiloftroP .stessa erom gnidloh ylpmis dnoyeb dnetxe ot sdeen noitacifisrevid si noitacilpmi lartnec eht dias miL rM ,dnaliahT ni srotsevni roF .deton eh ",thgir llac yreve gnitteg naht erom srettam ecneiliseR .ytilauq ni snoitisop dliub ot ytilitalov esu dna ,tnetni htiw yfisrevid ,detsevni yatS .ytinutroppo reffo yeht erofeb ytniatrec reffo ylerar stekram tuB .ytiralc rof tiaw ot si tekram niatrecnu na ni noitatpmet ehT" .raey txen htworg %2 stciderp dna %5.1 morf %9.1 ot 6202 ni htworg PDG iahT rof tsacerof sti dedargpu BOU .miL rM dias ,htworg cimonoce iahT etarelecca dluow ti ,sesaercni erutidnepxe tnemnrevog fI .tnemtsevnI fo draoB eht morf sevitnecni rof snoitacilppa hgih-drocer sa llew sa ,tnemtsevni tcerid ngierof ylralucitrap ,htworg tnemtsevni yb detroppus si tnemevorpmi ehT KEYWORDS Uob thailand Investment strategy Gold price forecast Artificial intelligence stocks Portfolio diversification Thai economic growth Wealth management