Stock Market Hits as Bond Selloff Intensifies, Fueled by Inflation Concerns and Government

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  1. Stocks Take Hit as Bond Selloff Saps Risk Appetite A selloff in chipmakers sent stocks lower, with the market also falling as inflation angst and rising government debt kept bond yields elevated. Longer-dated bonds are at the epicenter of anxiety about everything from inflation to the debt-laden artificial-intelligence boom. Liz Ann Sonders, Chief Investment Strategist at Charles Schwab, discusses the gap between sell-side consensus and buy-side expectations. (Source: Bloomberg)

  2. Tech Stocks Micron, Sandisk and other chip stocks climb as investors get more confident about AI spending

  3. According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday, Nvidia NVDA has entered into a partnership with SB Energy to provide up to $105 billion in financing for a data center in Pike County, Ohio, for which OpenAI will be the tenant. It’s the latest example of Nvidia putting money behind efforts involving its partners.

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    CNBC

    In February, Nvidia invested $30 billion in OpenAI, which relies on training capacity from Vera Rubin, the chip giant's most advanced system. Monday's agreement included a $1.5 billion investment in SB Energy, a SoftBank affiliate that's building and managing the data center at the PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Pike County, Ohio, through a 20-year lease to OpenAI.

  4. Global bond sell-off deepens amid fears over inflation and AI issuance Long-term government borrowing costs hit multi-decade highs

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    The sell-off in global bond markets continued early Tuesday, pushing many benchmark borrowing costs to multi-year highs amid concerns about inflation, government budget deficits and increased supply of debt.

    CNBC

    A global sell-off of government bonds gripped markets Tuesday morning, sending borrowing costs to multi-decade highs, as hopes for an end to hostilities it the Middle East rapidly faded.

    BBC Business

    Published Long-term borrowing costs across some of the word's biggest economies hit fresh highs because of concerns over inflation, government debt levels and spending on Artificial Intelligence (AI).

  5. The yield on the U.S. 30-year Treasury bond hit 5.323% on Tuesday, a 19-year high, before edging down to just below 5.3%. The 10-year Treasury yield — a key benchmark for fixed mortgage rates and other longer-term loans — is above 4.7%. That compares to below 4% before the start of the Iran War at the end of February.

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    The yield on the U.S. 30-year Treasury BX:TMUBMUSD30Y, known as the long bond, which is particularly sensitive to rising inflation, is up nearly 2 basis points to 5.234%, its highest level since June 2007.

  6. But he added: "Rising long-dated bond yields are not driven solely by expectations of higher interest rates and inflation fears. They can also reflect concerns around high levels of government borrowing and investors demanding greater compensation for the risks of holding long-dated government bonds."

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    Epoch Times Business

    Gould attributed factors such as investors weighing inflation expectations, growing federal deficits, stronger-than-expected economic data, and the increased issuance of Treasurys to finance government spending as contributing to elevated long-term yields.

  7. Rates on car loans, credit cards and student debt are also directly or indirectly tied to bond yields, meaning those monthly payments could increase as well.

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    Interest rates on bonds - which are a type of debt - are known as yields and can directly affect the borrowing costs consumers pay on mortgages, car loans and credit cards.

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  1. 01 Bloomberg

    BofA Sees Nvidia Trading at Up to 50% Discount on AI Risks Nvidia Corp. shares could be trading at a discount of as much as 50%, as investors overstate risks related to the leader in artificial intelligence chips, according to Bank of America.

  2. 02 MarketWatch

    An analyst is looking past financing risks and noting that Nvidia could appeal to investors through its enhanced share buybacks

  3. 03 CNBC

    Treasury yields are continuing to climb, and at a particularly bad time as higher rates worsen the impact of the nearly $40 trillion government debt load.

  4. 04 BBC Business

    The interest rate on US borrowing over 30 years hit 5.33% on Tuesday, the highest since June 2007, meanwhile UK long-term debt reached 5.85%. There were similar moves in Germany and Japan.

  5. 05 Epoch Times Business

    The U.S. 30-year Treasury yield is trading at levels last seen 19 years ago, near the onset of the 2008 global financial crisis.

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Original Articles (22)

Center Stocks Take Hit as Bond Selloff Saps Risk Appetite — Bloomberg
Center Chip Stocks Get Hit as Global Bond Anxiety Builds — Bloomberg
Center BofA Sees Nvidia Trading at Up to 50% Discount on AI Risks — Bloomberg
Center Global Bonds Slump Sends Borrowing Costs Soaring — Bloomberg
Center Breaking Down the Global Bond Selloff — Bloomberg
Center US 10-Year Yields Climb to Highest Since 2025 as Rout Deepens — Bloomberg
Center Bond Selloff Weakens Risk Appetite; Trump Takes Hard Line on Iran | Bloomberg Brief 08/18/2026 — Bloomberg
Center Here’s the case for Nvidia’s stock to climb 55% from here, according to BofA — MarketWatch
Center AI chip stocks were riding high. Here’s why Micron and others are now pulling back. — MarketWatch
Center 6% Treasury yields are the biggest risk facing stocks right now. Here’s why. — MarketWatch
Center Stocks keep shrugging off rising Treasury yields. Here’s the level that could finally trigger a selloff. — MarketWatch
Center U.S. 30-year Treasury yield hits highest level since 2007 amid global bond sell-off — MarketWatch
Center SpaceX’s stock is rising, and that’s a good sign for Nvidia and Google — MarketWatch
Center Micron, Sandisk and other chip stocks climb as investors are more confident about AI spending — MarketWatch
Center U.S. government debt yields are surging at a bad time. Here's what's behind the move — CNBC
Center Bond yields are climbing. Here’s what that means for mortgages and other consumer borrowing — CNBC
Center Analysis: Bond market pressure is squeezing Main Street as Wall Street waits on Warsh — CNBC
Center Nvidia's AI moat is shifting from chips to capital — CNBC
Center Global bond yields hit multi-decade highs as governments pay the price for U.S.-Iran stalemate — CNBC
Center Global borrowing costs hit fresh highs — BBC Business
Center Global bond sell-off deepens amid fears over inflation and AI issuance — Financial Times
Lean Right 30-Year Treasury Yield Hits Highest Level in 19 Years — Epoch Times Business