There is $5.3T in financing needs over the next 5 years. Peters notes a "clear revisitation of the software space" in credit markets, with massive debt issuance (e.g., Google's recent deal) hitting the market. Equity valuations in AI are stretched and volatile. The debt market offers a cleaner way to play the AI infrastructure build-out ($5.3T need) with better risk-adjusted returns and seniority in the capital structure. LONG. Buy the debt of major tech/software firms financing the AI boom. Higher-for-longer interest rates increasing default risk for lower-quality software issuers.
There is $5.3T in financing needs over the next 5 years. Peters notes a "clear revisitation of the software space" in credit markets, with massive debt issuance (e.g., Google's recent deal) hitting the market. Equity valuations in AI are stretched and volatile. The debt market offers a cleaner way to play the AI infrastructure build-out ($5.3T need) with better risk-adjusted returns and seniority in the capital structure. LONG. Buy the debt of major tech/software firms financing the AI boom. Higher-for-longer interest rates increasing default risk for lower-quality software issuers.