{"id":191156,"date":"2025-11-20T17:59:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/191156\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T17:59:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:59:07","slug":"ai-boom-brings-fresh-risks-to-us-markets-and-more-money-to-ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/191156\/","title":{"rendered":"AI boom brings fresh risks to US markets, and more money to M&#038;A"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul data-testid=\"Summary\" class=\"summary-module__summary__QjADA\">\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">Citadel&#8217;s risk models show modern markets amplify shocks, volatility spikes hit harder<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">McKinsey estimates $7 trillion needed for AI data centers by 2030<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">AI strategies drive steep premiums in M&amp;A deals, says Lazard&#8217;s Danzig<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NEW YORK, Nov 20 (Reuters) &#8211; The AI boom is bringing new risks to the financial markets as investors flock to tech stocks and executives pay steep premiums to buy AI technology they cannot build in-house, warned two top finance executives.<\/p>\n<p>AI has become the \u201cnumber one topic of conversation\u201d for both investors and corporate executives, Matthew Danzig, managing director at investment bank Lazard, said on a panel discussion with Citadel Chief Risk Officer Joanna Welsh at Reuters Momentum AI 2025 conference in New York this week. Companies are scrambling to articulate an AI strategy, often acquiring capabilities or proprietary datasets to stay competitive, the tech banker said.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"promo-box\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__promo-box__hVl8h\"> Sign up  <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/ai-boom-brings-fresh-risks-us-markets-more-money-ma-2025-11-20\/undefined?location=article-paragraph&amp;redirectUrl=%2Fbusiness%2Fai-boom-brings-fresh-risks-us-markets-more-money-ma-2025-11-20%2F\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery company that\u2019s a potential target is figuring out their AI angle,\u201d he said. Valuations are being driven to historically high levels as investors bet on potential profits instead of current fundamentals, he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s markets willing to pay for the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>NVIDIA&#8217;S EARNINGS<\/p>\n<p>The industry will need roughly $7 trillion in capital by 2030 to fund its growth \u2013 and that is just for data centers, according to McKinsey &amp; Co. Investors, however, have largely brushed aside concerns about the increasing amount of leverage in the system and the lack of revenue to support all the debt needed to finance that growth.<\/p>\n<p>Shares of chipmaker Nvidia <a data-testid=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/companies\/NVDA.O\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC link-module__with-icon__qlg76\">(NVDA.O), opens new tab<\/a>, which rose sharply after the $4.5 trillion company on Wednesday <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/ai-leader-nvidia-forecasts-fourth-quarter-revenue-above-estimates-2025-11-19\/\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported record revenue and a 65% year-over-year surge in net income<\/a> for its fiscal third quarter, took a negative turn on Thursday. The shares were down 2.2% at $182.46 in afternoon trading, dragging other tech stocks down as concerns over an AI bubble resurfaced.<\/p>\n<p>Beneath the frenzy, structural vulnerabilities lurk and cracks are starting to show.<\/p>\n<p>Welsh said Citadel, which has $71 billion in assets under management, is prepared for potential drawdowns at any given time. The hedge fund&#8217;s risk models show that modern markets amplify shocks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarkets are just faster,\u201d she said. &#8220;These volatility spikes and pulses, they hit harder, they fade faster, they repeat more often.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>RISKS ARE &#8216;STARTING TO CONVERGE&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Risks in credit markets are \u201cstarting to converge and stack\u201d with the AI boom, Welsh said, pointing to a rise in high-quality corporate issuance of 30- and 40-year bonds on assets with around four-year depreciation cycles. That means companies are paying off debt for a long time after the asset has potentially become obsolete. A mismatch between the debt maturity and the depreciation cycle is also a marker of increased risk because it strains cash flow.<\/p>\n<p>At the lower end of corporate credit, issuers and investors have &#8220;equal enthusiasm&#8221; for zero-coupon convertible bonds issued by less creditworthy tech firms, she said. Zero-coupon convertible bonds are considered higher risk investments that give investors stock if the company does well and priority payment with bondholders in bankruptcy, but they don&#8217;t pay a coupon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Zero-coupon converts are having a big issuance year, same as they did in 2001, the same as they did in 2021,&#8221; she said, citing previous market downturns. &#8220;And if you stack that on top of the amount of capital that has gone into illiquid things like private credit,&#8221; she continued, &#8220;you can see how there&#8217;s some portfolios where&#8230; a brush fire could be pretty healthy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"SignOff\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__extra_small__8Buss body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__extra_small_body__Bfz20 sign-off-module__text__LQAMP\">Reporting by Dawn Kopecki in New York; Editing by Franklin Paul and Matthew Lewis<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Body\" 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