What is the primary economic concern regarding the growth gap between the AI sector and the rest of the U.S. economy?
The growing chasm between the rapid growth of the AI world and the slower pace of the economy where most Americans work and live has significant implications for the markets, as the U.S. economy and markets are becoming increasingly yoked to AI and its associated risks.
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What specific costs are included in the data center construction spending figures used to illustrate the growth of the AI economy?
The construction spending data includes labor, materials, profits of contractors, architectural and engineering work, and miscellaneous overhead, interest, and taxes. However, the data specifically excludes servers, racks, chips, or memory.
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According to data from Apollo and Bloomberg, what proportion of net investment grade corporate bond issuance was related to AI through the end of August?
AI-related offerings accounted for more than half of the net investment grade issuance in corporate bonds for the year through the end of August.
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When including hyperscalers like Meta and Amazon, what is the estimated share of AI-related companies within the S&P 500 blue-chip index?
While the S&P 500 does not officially include Meta and Amazon in its technology sector, adding these hyperscalers to the calculation brings the share of the AI-focused portion of the blue-chip index closer to 50%.
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