Investors are buying credit default swaps to hedge against an AI boom collapse as firms borrow heavily for AI infrastructure, with Morgan Stanley data showing weekly CDS trading linked to Oracle, SpaceX, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Broadcom and Nvidia bonds above $9bn in September, up from under $2bn in July.
Investors ramp up AI-linked credit default swaps, Morgan Stanley data shows
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The story so far: Big tech AI debt disclosure concerns
S&P Global warned that actual and contingent debt tied to AI infrastructure at Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, Oracle, Meta and SpaceX may exceed public disclosures. Morgan Stanley now counts $4.11tn in off-balance-sheet AI commitments, up almost $992bn since late August.
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Investors ramp up AI-linked credit default swaps, Morgan Stanley data shows
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