AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoMarket Moves: U.S. stocks rose Monday as Anthropic’s IPO filing revived AI optimism: the Nasdaq gained 0.8% and the S&P 500 0.7%. Brazil went the other way after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s election win: stocks plunged, trading was halted and the real sank 8.5%. Investors now face the Fed’s rate decision and major tech earnings this week. AI Financing: Meta plans to raise up to $95 billion through share sales to fund data centers. SpaceX secured a $40 billion chip-financing deal with Apollo, while a group including Bank of America, Citi, Morgan Stanley and Blackstone arranged $63 billion for Anthropic’s computing equipment. The scale of borrowing and equity issuance puts AI spending—and its returns—under sharper scrutiny. Currencies and Bonds: High oil prices and doubts about AI investment are weighing on Asian currencies, though central bank measures have offered some support. China launched a swap facility to help nonbanks weather bond-market stress.**
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