Yesterday's market confirmed risk aversion is gaining momentum. Financial conditions indictors show ongoing tightening (i.e. yields, high yield CDS/spreads). Oracle and AI-related bond yields broke out to new highs. High yield CDS jumped to a six-month high - with high yield spreads at a six-month wide and leverage loan prices at a six-month low. I'll be updating charts intraday at the new website. Check out the Timely Charts on the home page and Financial Conditions charts on the Charts page. New CBB site link
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Thursday Afternoon Links
[CNBC] Dow jumps, Nasdaq slides as investors rotate out of tech shares: Live updates
[CNBC] CoreWeave credit default swaps hit distress levels as investors sour on AI debt
[Reuters] CoreWeave's AI contracts and the lenders financing its build-out
[Axios] The too-hot-for-comfort economy
[Axios] Fed's Beige Book tells inflation story
[AP] US consumers are muscling through higher prices, but for how long?
[AP] Average long-term US mortgage rate holds at 7.4%, remaining at highest level in nearly 3 years
[Bloomberg] A $1 Trillion Chip Rout Draws Billions Into Leveraged ETF Bets
[Bloomberg] UK Sends Ukraine More Storm Shadow Missiles to Hit Russian Sites
[NYT] Why Does Saudi Arabia Struggle to Stop Houthi Attacks?
[NYT] To Inflict Economic Pain, Russia and Ukraine Strike at Data Centers
[WSJ] AI Boom Shields Select Few Nations as Economic Pain Sweeps Globe
[WSJ] Mark Walter Probe Dings a Guggenheim Funding Machine That Powers Wall Street
[FT] Treasuries rally as investors seek shelter from AI turbulence