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The AI CapEx bubble is increasingly crowding out global sovereign debt.

If AI Capex-related debt issuance can do that to the world’s risk-free assets, will stocks be next? Investors may increasingly demand wider equity risk premia in the months ahead.

The question is not simply whether or not the cost of capital is too cheap, the bigger question is what happens when governments and AI CapEx increasingly compete for the same capital.

Will policymakers once again change the equation?

Against this backdrop, 42 Macro’s Paradigm D, or “Print the Demand,” remains the highest-probability long-term outcome. 

Consider this: an additional 100bps of rate cuts by the Fed throughout 2027 would save the…

Darius Dale joined Nicole Petallides on Schwab Network to discuss why markets are traversing a critical transition period as investors begin pricing peak inflation, peak Fed policy uncertainty, and peak AI CapEx. He also outlined why 42 Macro remains constructive on the long-term bull market despite a potential late summer-1998-style correction.

If you missed the discussion, here are three key takeaways that could have significant implications for your portfolio:

1) Markets Must Navigate Three Critical Inflection Points

Darius argued that investors should focus on three key “nodes” in the distribution of probable market outcomes: peak inflation, peak Fed policy uncertainty, and peak AI CapEx. While the first has largely been priced by markets, the latter two…