AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoTech Earnings: Meta beat forecasts with third-quarter revenue up 26% to $64.6 billion, sending shares higher after hours. It plans to issue nonvoting shares to help fund AI investment, even as costs surge and operating margins narrow. Global Markets: US indexes rose on upbeat AI-related earnings, while France’s 10-year borrowing cost topped 5% for the first time since 2002, renewing concern over the country’s finances. AI Financing Risks: Bond investors are questioning the debt burden behind the AI buildout, with SpaceX facing higher financing costs and concerns about heavily leveraged companies such as CoreWeave. A US 20-year Treasury auction drew a 5.42% median yield. Household Finance: US mortgage applications fell 5.3% last week despite a 7.41% 30-year rate, while New Zealand housing affordability was little changed in September.
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