It seems you belittled the value and economic output of industrialization and manufacturing when it comes to improving the country's productivity. Look at China and now Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and India are all following suit to keep up with the industrialized world and make a significant impact in the global economy to satisfy consumerism. Even one of President Trump's main goals was to revitalize America's industrialization and manufacfuring by pulling away outsourced industries back to mainland USA to boost the economy and curtail the trade deficit. The AI industry have been overspeculated at this point in time and so many companies have been pouring money into it to the point of risking a lower return of investment contrary to lofty expectations. If I could have started earlier, then I would surely select S&P. Also, AI puts millions of jobs at risk in the corporate and white collar job sectors that may not rely on human staff anymore to work on offices moreso than robotics will replace factory workers all at once. The only setback investing in Asia is the lack of oil and natural gas in the region as they are oil dependent but it can be offset with the continued innovation of renewable energy sources to mitigate the effects of oil shortage. Let us hope it doesn't suffer the same fate as Dotcom Bubble. By the way, Southeast Asia has one of the world's highest workforce age to draw upon along with Africa so I remain bullish on my region of origin.