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AI infrastructure and power
1 video · 1h 34mABB's data-center segment grew triple digits; The Compound flags ~$1T hyperscaler capex next year and consensus for operating cash flow to triple by 2030; Bloomberg notes SoftBank's thin book and Oracle credit concerns.
SoftBank bond book coverage looks thin at ~2x, signaling credit caution
Mark Cranfield said roughly $20bn of demand for an over-$11bn SoftBank bond issue implies only about a 2x cover ratio, which he called disappointing versus the 5-6x expected for a hot deal, reinforcing weak credit sentiment.
Memory and AI hardware
1 video · 47mThe Nasdaq record was powered by Micron and Sandisk; chipmakers earn ~40% margins while model providers run negative margins.
Nasdaq 100 hits first record since June on AI/memory leadership
Bloomberg's Norah Mulinda reported the Nasdaq 100 hit a fresh record, its first since June, driven by AI optimism with money rotating out of financials into technology; memory names Sandisk and Micron powered the broader market while the S&P 500 ended unchanged.
US-China policy
2 videos · 2h 23mXi is unlikely to bring CEOs; USTR floats a three-month truce; China probes DeepSeek/Moonshot; rare-earth licensing remains a bargaining chip.
SoftBank bond book coverage looks thin at ~2x, signaling credit caution
Mark Cranfield said roughly $20bn of demand for an over-$11bn SoftBank bond issue implies only about a 2x cover ratio, which he called disappointing versus the 5-6x expected for a hot deal, reinforcing weak credit sentiment.
Xi unlikely to bring CEO delegation, capping summit deliverables
Bloomberg reports Xi Jinping is unlikely to bring a Chinese business delegation to the Washington summit, which former USTR China counsel Claire Reade reads as signaling only limited deals; she expects at most a public reinforcement of managing the relationship and possible tariff relief on a $30bn-each basket of non-sensitive goods.
Harvey's gross margin swung from -50% to positive in one quarter as agent token use spiked 20x
TBPN reports (citing Bloomberg) that Harvey's gross margin fell from about 50% to negative 50% by June as agent token use spiked 20-fold on rented OpenAI and Anthropic models, then recovered to positive in a single quarter via model routing, harness improvements, and post-training on an open-weight model (Harvey Tenant). Founder Gabe's response framed the negative margin as a deliberate choice to avoid forcing consumption pricing before customers were ready.
ING sees only one more ECB hike as energy prices cap euro-area growth
ING's Charlotte de Montpellier said the ECB will probably hike one more time and not beyond, because growth is unlikely to be as strong as the ECB expects, with the ECB projecting roughly 0.3-0.4% quarterly growth in 2027-2028 that she called very optimistic given current rates and energy prices.