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‘Things Are Going to Get Crazier’: AI Debt Deluge Recalls 2007 Risks

Massive borrowing by artificial intelligence companies — some of it to fund their own customers — risks inflating a technology-sector bubble, according to Seaport Research Partners. “Things are going to get crazier,” Jay Goldberg, the firm’s senior analyst for semiconductors and ...  Show more

BMO Slashes Junk Debt Holdings as Geopolitical, Economic Risks Spread

BMO Asset Management, which oversees almost C$300 billion ($218 billion), has cut its junk-bond holdings and moved into safer parts of credit as geopolitical and macroeconomic pressures mount. “We love the movie — we’re still there — but we’re just getting a seat closer to the ex ...  Show more

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