The AI threat wrecked software stocks. Now financial stocks look next with LPL closing 8% lower

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.”