AI-agent and rate fears pressure U.S. financial stocks as Muse raises disruption questions

U.S. financial stocks fell as investors weighed a double hit: the possibility that personal AI agents could disrupt wealth-management and banking relationships, and a flattening Treasury yield curve that can squeeze bank profitability. The move followed Meta’s rollout of Muse, a personal AI agent that has quickly moved into mainstream consumer use and intensified debate over how automated assistants could change financial behavior.