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Nvidia's demand story is getting harder to ignore. Management signaled this week that based on processor demand alone, the company could double its sales by fiscal two thousand twenty eight, well ahead of its already aggressive seventy percent growth forecast. That's not a forecast revision, that's a structural demand signal, and the market is treating it accordingly.
Shifting to credit markets, SoftBank's latest move tells you something important about where AI financing is heading. The company is tapping the junk bond market to fund its artificial intelligence buildout, and investors are demanding a premium to take that risk. When capital for the AI race starts flowing through high-yield debt, the cost of that ambition is rising, and that matters for valuations across the sector.
Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve is back in tightening mode. New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh has launched what markets are now calling the fourth rate-hiking cycle of the century, and odds of an October hike are climbing sharply. President Trump's fiscal posture is a contributing factor, as bond markets digest the pressure that deficit spending puts on long-term inflation expectations.
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