According to the article, the recent slump in AI stocks is largely due to profit taking after huge rallies, with SanDisk up about 2,800% from August 2025 to June 2026 and now testing its 200-day moving average for the first time in its history. Debt concerns intensified after CoreWeave's unsecured bonds were sold off, pushing yields to 15%, and CoreWeave shares have fallen nearly 40% so far in October, dragging Nebius Group with them. Still, Polymarket bettors assign only an 11% chance of a CoreWeave bankruptcy filing by the end of next year. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said financing issues will be solved when demand is high, while Goldman Sachs Research projects hyperscaler CAPEX rising from $768 billion in 2026 to $1.182 trillion in 2027. The author argues debt fears are overblown and the bullish fundamental case remains solid.
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