Interest Rates
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US Stocks This Week: Re-Pricing AI Between 5% Yields and $100 Oil
With the Fed having just hiked again, the 10-year near 5% and Brent near $100, markets are asking whether AI's growth can outrun the cost of capital, and a Thursday US-China summit adds another variable.
US Rates Are at 5%. So Why Is the Yen Carry Trade the Real Risk?
The rate gap looks like a comfortable cushion, but it's the speed of the yen that decides whether carry trades survive. The August 2024 playbook, replayed against 2026's higher-rate world, points growth investors to USD/JPY, Japanese rates and volatility together, not the Fed alone.
A 2027 Playbook: Stop Watching the Business Cycle, Start Watching Where the Money Flows
A new Korean economics book, "The Reverse Flow of Money," argues that interest rates still act like gravity on every asset, but AI and chips are pulling in capital strong enough to defy it. For investors, the question is not the average growth rate but where that money goes, and where it eventually turns into cash flow.
Higher Rates Don't Break Big Tech's Business. They Reprice Its Future.
Microsoft, Alphabet, Apple and Nvidia are sitting on more cash than debt. What rates actually change is the discount rate applied to cash flows a decade out, and whether a cut is a soft landing or a recession signal.
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