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US consumer price data, Federal Reserve policy expectations and their effect on Treasury yields.
Goldman data show Asia-focused stock pickers fell 2.6% and tech funds 2.0% on Oct. 15, the third day of 2026 all broad hedge fund strategies lost over 0.8%. Funds sold global AI stocks on net from Oct. 8 to 14, so the losses came on books already being cut.
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More than $1 trillion left 20 of the largest AI and chip stocks this week, CNBC reported, while CoreWeave's 2031 bond yield reached 15.78%. TSMC guided to 58% higher fourth-quarter revenue in the same week, so we think financing terms and rates are the likelier targets of the sell-off.
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Korea's KOSPI fell more than 8% on Thursday, enough to halt trading for 20 minutes, after US September CPI came in at 3.7%. The print landed on a chip sector already sliding, and the clearest sign of costlier financing sits in AI borrowers' bonds.
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Seoul's Kospi closed down 7.57% after a circuit breaker, as chipmakers sold off on U.S. inflation data. BlackRock's Fink says halting data centers means recession. HSBC's Roberts says lenders want higher returns first.
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South Korea's KOSPI fell more than 8% as the chip sell-off deepened on US inflation fears that raised the risk of rate hikes. CNBC ties Dell's 11% drop on Wall Street to doubts about enterprise AI returns.
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Bitcoin whales raised holdings to 3.03 million BTC while US spot ETFs lost $744.3 million over six sessions. The whale reading is a 30-day growth rate, so Wednesday's CPI print will test a comparison across unequal windows.
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Bitcoin traded near $84,050 on Monday after U.S. spot ETFs shed $681 million last week, the largest weekly outflow since June. That leaves it about 2.4% above the $82,000 support analysts name, with the Oct. 14 U.S. inflation data due next.
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Asian shares opened cautiously on Monday, with Brent down 1.1% at $103.50 a barrel, ahead of major US bank earnings on Tuesday. US inflation data due this week may weigh on tech valuations as much as the results do.
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