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AI funding
1 video · 1h 33mBloomberg reports DeepSeek's oversubscribed fundraising of at least $12 billion ahead of a planned listing next year, with Tencent and CATL among the largest backers.
DeepSeek Nears $12B Funding Round Ahead of Potential IPO
A Bloomberg Asia markets show covers DeepSeek's oversubscribed fundraising of at least $12 billion ahead of a planned listing next year, with Tencent and CATL among the largest backers. US equities reach fresh records led by Nvidia approaching a $6 trillion valuation, but Asia fails to catch the same bid, with memory and Hong Kong biotech names selling off on profit-taking. JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon flags AI-driven cyber risk as his top concern, while uranium and nuclear-linked names rally on a hyperscaler power deal and crypto sentiment improves on tokenization themes. Capital is flowing aggressively into AI compute and power infrastructure globally, but the resulting gains are concentrated in a handful of US and Taiwan-linked names while Asian tech, memory, and biotech markets see uneven follow-through.
Rates and oil
1 video · 30mTodd Horwitz remains short crude, expecting it under $70 before year-end, and sees Treasury yields potentially reaching 6% by year-end and mortgage rates possibly 9%.
6% Yields By Year-End, 9% Mortgages—Stocks Get ‘Rug Pulled’ | Todd Horowitz
A veteran futures and options trader tells a markets interviewer he remains short crude, expecting it under $70 before year-end, with long-end Treasury yields potentially reaching 6% and mortgage rates drifting toward 9%. He argues official inflation figures understate real price pressure, that heavy government and corporate borrowing demand is pushing rates higher, and that rising yields will eventually squeeze housing, commercial real estate, and consumer credit. Equities are described as a low-volume, retail-driven grind higher that can continue near-term but is vulnerable to a sharp drawdown, especially in AI, memory, and storage names. He favors gold, silver, Bitcoin, and the dollar as places to hold capital even while expecting higher rates. Debt-driven demand for money keeps interest rates rising well beyond consensus, and while a thin, retail-led equity melt-up can persist for…
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1 video · 1mCNBC reports US consumer confidence fell to its weakest level in over a decade, while several companies say consumer spending is fine.
Consumer Confidence Tanks 10/7/26
CNBC's daily money-minute segment reports that US consumer confidence has fallen to its weakest level in over a decade, with the headline reading missing consensus by a wide margin. The hosts attribute the deterioration to renewed inflation pressure and rising fuel costs, while noting that the University of Michigan sentiment gauge had already been trending down. Corporate commentary is mixed: several large consumer-facing companies describe demand as resilient, but a handful of others acknowledge softening spending and sticky cost inflation. Some retailers are responding by cutting prices to win back budget-sensitive shoppers. Survey-based consumer sentiment has collapsed on inflation and fuel-cost anxiety, but actual spending data and corporate commentary remain resilient, creating a divergence that argues for watching reported behavior over mood readings.
SpaceX Eyes $40 Billion Deal to Buy Nvidia Chips
Bloomberg Markets reports SpaceX is pursuing a roughly $40 billion debt and credit raise to fund Nvidia chip purchases, in what would rank among the largest AI infrastructure financings. Apollo is said to lead the arrangement, with PIMCO among potential investors, split between private credit and a financing vehicle. The discussion flags strong global demand for AI-related debt but also rising credit concerns around hyperscalers and neoclouds. SpaceX’s proposed large-scale debt raise to buy Nvidia chips highlights both robust capital demand for AI infrastructure and growing credit-market sensitivity to leveraged AI buildouts.
Sudden Wealth Syndrome | Animal Spirits 485
The hosts review a market that keeps grinding to new highs even as long-dated Treasury yields set cycle highs, arguing that the AI buildout is large enough and cash-rich enough that rate sensitivity is weaker than in past cycles. They frame the current era as one of accelerating, ever-larger capital markets in which even enormous deals get absorbed quickly and worries fade within weeks. Discussion also covers the record gap between high-beta and low-volatility strategies, retail flows into troubled long-duration bond funds, stretched private-market valuations, and a resilient but strained consumer. The AI capex boom is unlikely to be stopped by the Fed alone; the real brake is the capital market itself refusing to fund it, and so far lenders and investors keep showing up, letting equities hold highs despite rising yields.