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Nvidia is making history in the credit markets, launching a seven-tranche bond deal worth twenty billion dollars — its largest debt offering ever. The company is using the proceeds to refinance existing obligations, and the deal landed in a market that is clearly hungry for AI-linked credit. When Nvidia borrows, investors show up.
Shifting to the IPO market, SpaceX shares jumped after underwriters exercised their overallotment option, purchasing an additional eighty-three million shares and pushing total proceeds from the offering up by ten point seven billion dollars. That makes an already record-breaking debut even more historic, cementing SpaceX as one of the largest public offerings in market history.
And the ripple effects of that SpaceX listing are being felt across the space sector. Rocket Lab's stock sold off sharply on debut day as investors questioned whether the new giant would pull capital away from smaller players. But shares rebounded after at least one analyst argued the selloff was misguided — that SpaceX's visibility could actually lift the entire sector rather than cannibalize it.
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