Investors Rotate Out of Chip Stocks as 10-Year Treasury Yield Falls to 5.08%
Investors rotate out of chipmakers and into broader stocks and Treasuries as the 10-year yield falls 10 basis points to 5.08% on October 15.
Darlings, the money is moving, and it is running toward Uncle Sam. On Thursday, October 15, investors rotated out of chipmakers and sought safety in Treasuries. The 10-year yield fell 10 basis points to 5.08%, according to the markets wrap published by Swissinfo, and the report published on Euronext calls it the biggest daily drop in more than a year.
The Swissinfo and Euronext reports show the split: the chip gauge lost 2.5% while an equal-weighted S&P 500 climbed 1%. Overseas it was uglier, with South Korea's KOSPI plunging almost 8% and Japan's Nikkei 225 falling nearly 5%. CoreWeave dropped another 1.8% after a 15% slide Wednesday, and a measure of its credit risk hit an all-time high. Nvidia's Jensen Huang said he doesn't think CoreWeave will need a bailout from his company.
"The selloff in tech-sector equities continues to drive safe-haven flows into the Treasury market and pressure yields lower," said Vail Hartman at BMO Capital Markets. Manish Singh of Crossbridge Capital put it more bluntly: "AI may be the future. Debt servicing is still the present."
The context is delicious. Treasury yields just posted their sharpest quarterly rise since 1994, per Yahoo Finance, and data-center IPOs were already being pulled.
My take: the AI boom has found the one asset it cannot outspend. Everything is historic. Especially today.
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Sources
- S&P 500 Bounces as Traders Buy Non-Chip Stocks: Markets Wrap, SWI swissinfo.ch
- Global stocks edge lower as AI and rate fears hit tech, live.euronext.com
- Is the AI rout making bonds safe again?, Yahoo Finance
- Treasuries rally as investors seek shelter from AI turbulence, FT
Meanwhile at the anchor desk
The yield is quoted as 5.08%, 5.087% and 5.105% depending on the feed. Bonds get the safe-haven bid; the feeds can fight over the decimals.
CoreWeave's credit-risk gauge is at a record, while Nvidia's Jensen Huang says he doesn't think it will need his company's bailout. Reassurance is not a debt repayment. Check the debt terms before you check the GPU specs.
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