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AI spending and financing
1 video · 7mSarah Hunt said that as AI capital expenditures outrun internally generated cash, funding shifts toward equity and credit markets; Bloomberg segments described tech-led risk aversion after Amazon and Intel results.
Sarah Hunt says AI capex is shifting toward equity and credit funding
Hunt framed the tech-led selloff as a confidence problem: as AI capital expenditures outrun internally generated cash, funding shifts toward equity and credit markets, compressing multiples.
Exxon and Chevron beat profit expectations on strong refining
Exxon and Chevron beat consensus profit expectations, helped by elevated crude prices and refining spreads tied to supply disruptions in the Middle East and Russia; combined quarterly earnings across the majors reached roughly $56 billion.
LightShed's Walter Piecyk sees a harder year for Apple ahead of Monday's earnings
Piecyk argued past growth leaned on replacement demand and price increases, a playbook less likely to work given cost-of-living pressure, a roughly $2,000 foldable and carriers less willing to fund subsidies.
Evercore's Mark Mahaney keeps Amazon as a top pick after the results
Mahaney framed the sell-off as an expectations reset, pointing to a sixth consecutive quarter of cloud acceleration, near-40% cloud margins, record operating margins and a large sequential jump in backlog.
Data-center construction is on the ballot in 13 states
Ballot questions in 13 states and polling showing roughly half of voters would reject a facility near their homes have made data-center siting a bipartisan midterm issue, including in Texas's Senate contest.