The AI investment boom is facing closer scrutiny in credit markets. Investors are examining how quickly spending on chips, data centres and electricity can turn into dependable cash flow—and who bears the losses if projects run late or demand disappoints. The Financial Times reported on 20 October that weekly CDS trading across seven technology borrowers averaged more than $9 … [Read more...] about AI Debt Risks: Credit Default Swaps Trading Surges as Infrastructure Costs Mount
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CME Single-Stock Futures: NVIDIA Leads Early Volume
CME Single-Stock Futures Gain Traction: NVIDIA Leads Mega-Cap Tech Volume Ahead of Earnings A new U.S. equity-futures market is taking shape, giving traders direct futures access to the companies that exert the greatest influence on mega-cap technology and the Nasdaq-100. Less than one month after CME Group launched its new Single Stock futures, the early figures show a … [Read more...] about CME Single-Stock Futures: NVIDIA Leads Early Volume
Trading Week Ahead: Fed Decision, Big Tech Earnings, PCE Inflation and Oil Risk
July 27–31, 2026: The Federal Reserve, Microsoft, Meta, Apple and Amazon, U.S. GDP and PCE inflation, three major central-bank meetings, Middle East oil risk and end-of-month options expiry converge in one unusually dense trading week. The final week of July begins with a relief move in global risk assets after a pause in U.S.-Iran hostilities pushed crude oil sharply lower. … [Read more...] about Trading Week Ahead: Fed Decision, Big Tech Earnings, PCE Inflation and Oil Risk