The artificial intelligence boom, wars in Ukraine and the Middle East and growth in overseas markets are presenting U.S. financial advisors with new investment opportunities, according to the panelists at the Strategic Investment Summit at the Wealth Management EDGE conference this week.

For example, the financial industry is currently in the midst of a “commodities supercycle” similar to the one that happened in the 1970s, noted Michael Gayed, founder of Lead-Lag Media, and Chris Coolidge, chief investment officer at Brookwood Investment Group. 

Such cycles usually start with a spike in gold prices, then move to industrial metals, including silver and copper, and end with agricultural products, Coolidge noted. Today, Coolidge is…