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Capital competition
3 videos · 3h 25mHyperscaler bond supply is competing with Treasuries at the long end, making auction demand and corporate order books the key stress tests.
Hyperscaler debt issuance competing with US Treasury
Jens Nordvig argues that hyperscaler technology companies (e.g., Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta) are issuing debt in the long end of the curve at a volume currently comparable to the US Treasury, creating intense competition for capital that is pressuring long-term bond yields.
DeepSeek model architecture reduces memory requirements
DeepSeek's new 4.1 Flash model utilizes a 'causal encoder-decoder' architecture that compresses the KV cache, requiring only 25% of the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and 12.5% of the SSD storage compared to previous generations.
Bond market forcing long-end yields higher
Felix Jauvin argues that the bond market is aggressively testing the Treasury's yield suppression efforts, with 10-year Treasury fair value estimated near 5.8% based on nominal GDP, suggesting current buybacks are insufficient.
AI demand versus efficiency
2 videos · 3h 04mOracle's usage growth confirms demand, while DeepSeek's lower memory footprint challenges the amount of hardware required per workload.
Oracle's AI cloud revenue growth vs. financing concerns
Oracle reported cloud infrastructure revenue more than doubled, beating expectations, but investors remain concerned about the company's heavy capex, negative free cash flow projections, and reliance on debt financing.
DeepSeek model architecture reduces memory requirements
DeepSeek's new 4.1 Flash model utilizes a 'causal encoder-decoder' architecture that compresses the KV cache, requiring only 25% of the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and 12.5% of the SSD storage compared to previous generations.
Energy attrition
2 videos · 1h 36mA prolonged Iran conflict keeps crude and shipping risk elevated even without a single decisive supply event.
Oil prices sustained above $100 due to protracted Iran-US conflict
The Iran-US conflict has settled into a low-intensity stalemate described as 'neither war nor peace,' with no near-term diplomatic exit. Shipping attacks persist, and the conflict is expected to continue for an extended period, keeping crude oil prices firmly above $100 per barrel.
DeepSeek model architecture reduces memory requirements
DeepSeek's new 4.1 Flash model utilizes a 'causal encoder-decoder' architecture that compresses the KV cache, requiring only 25% of the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and 12.5% of the SSD storage compared to previous generations.