Since ChatGPT's launch in late 2022, Wall Street has repeatedly seen warning signs of an AI bubble, from Nvidia's market cap crossing the $2 trillion, $3 trillion, $4 trillion and $5 trillion milestones to hyperscalers' borrowing and capex and the DeepSeek shock, yet earnings kept rising and stocks kept hitting records. The current worry is whether trillions of dollars in AI spending will pay off, which has hit debt-laden firms like CoreWeave, sending its stock lower and its credit default swaps higher. Dan Greenhaus of Solus Alternative Asset Management argued that CoreWeave is not a canary signaling an imminent AI bust, noting the market has repeatedly shrugged off similar warnings. With the Iran war and oil prices pushing bond yields to their highest in more than 20 years and the Fed hiking again, AI firms that rely on bond issuance face closer scrutiny.
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| Market | US stocks |
|---|---|
| Sector | Information Technology |
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Market cap | $5.2T |
| Close on 10/16/2026 | 214.14 |
| Change that session | -1.42% |
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