# Balchunas Highlights BTAL ETF as a Potential Hedge Against AI Volatility

By Enna Lee

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Published: 2026-10-28T13:30:43.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-28T13:30:43.000Z
Section: Investing

> The fund shorts high-beta stocks and takes long positions in low-beta stocks.

ETF commentator Eric Balchunas described BTAL as a potential hedge against an AI-sector downturn, pointing to its strategy of shorting high-beta stocks and taking long positions in low-beta stocks.

Balchunas also compared the fund’s niche profile to a Jim Jarmusch film: recognized by critics, but not widely known among the public.