On October 19, Jim Cramer said on Mad Money that investors should focus more on interest rates than on whether GPUs hold their value, and set a warning level at a 30-year Treasury yield above 6%. The 30-year yield closed at 5.48% that day, after reaching 5.67% on October 7. The article cites rising pressure on AI infrastructure: Oracle's interest expense rose 55% to $1.4 billion in fiscal Q1 2027 with free cash flow of −$5.4 billion, and Equinix expects its blended cost of capital to rise about 150 basis points. Panelists also flagged a duration mismatch, with long-term debt backed by contracts customers can walk away from, as when Microsoft vacated a UK lease that Anthropic reportedly took over. Nvidia's finance chief projected top-five hyperscaler capex of nearly $800 billion in 2026 and $1.3 trillion in 2027, so a growth slowdown could hit stock prices hard.
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