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The yield on the benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury note was at 4.84 per cent in Europe, hovering near the lowest level since Sept. 9.<\/p>\n
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The ten-year Japanese government bond yield dropped as much as nine basis points overnight to 1.795 per cent, the lowest since June 30. Triple A-rated German bunds then saw yields dip to 3.22 per cent, their lowest level since late August.<\/p>\n
\u201cBonds are increasingly behaving like bonds again, with income re-emerging as the primary driver of returns and restoring their traditional diversification benefits,\u201d said Masahiko Loo, chief fixed income strategist at State Street Investment Management.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis looks more like a reassessment of AI policy risk than a reassessment of the AI cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosasaid on Thursday that the state \u2013 which already has a large share of U.S. data centres \u2013 will introduce new laws around them to protect local residents.<\/p>\n
The tech-heavy Nasdaq went on to slump 5.5 per cent on Thursday \u2013 or US$2.5 trillion. Some $3 trillion was also wiped off S&P 500 firms, with investors worried the brakes will be applied to the AI boom more broadly.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAll night, all day \u2013 we had client margin calls, client complaints \u2026 because it\u2019s a very emotional thing, right? People are wedded to their positions and views on a stock or outcome and you\u2019re telling them, look, you\u2019ve just lost money.\u201d<\/p>\n
The jitters are hitting an AI trade already on shaky ground due to fears that the massive cost of the data centres and other infrastructure will limit future returns \u2013 the meltdown has been spurring margin calls and spooking retail investors and hedge funds alike.<\/p>\n
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South Korea temporarily eased rules on retail investors\u2019 leveraged investments and multiple sources told Reuters that Taiwan\u2019s Ministry of Finance called senior executives at state-owned banks, instructing them to support the market.<\/p>\n
Taiwan stocks closed down 4.5 per cent, recovering somewhat from their early morning slump. For the week though, the index clocked a 12.2 per cent dive, its biggest since 1991, LSEG data showed.<\/p>\n
Korean AI chipmakers also trimmed some of their losses although still closed sharply lower. In Japan, tech investor SoftBank slid 11 per cent, with the cost of insuring its debt against a default jumping to its highest in four years.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter damage like the sort we\u2019ve been facing, it is difficult to think that we simply can bounce from here,\u201d said Steve Sosnick, chief strategist at Interactive Brokers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe may be oversold in the short term, but the underlying questions and causes can\u2019t simply be wiped away.\u201d<\/p>\n
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