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The Long End Still Climbed.", "url": "https://deepstack.ltd/stories/the-fed-hiked-the-long-end-kept-climbing/" }, { "part": 8, "headline": "AI Lenders Are Financing the End of Scarcity", "url": "https://deepstack.ltd/stories/the-scarcity-is-the-collateral/" }, { "part": 10, "headline": "The Bubble Is in the Denominator", "url": "https://deepstack.ltd/stories/the-bubble-is-in-the-denominator/" } ], "numbers": [ { "value": "6%", "label": "AI paper investment-grade share", "context": "JunkBondInvestor, August 9, 2026", "part": 3, "url": "https://deepstack.ltd/stories/the-debt-behind-the-machines/" }, { "value": "8.25%", "label": "CleanSpark note coupon", "context": "JunkBondInvestor, September 18, 2026", "part": 7, "url": "https://deepstack.ltd/stories/the-fed-hiked-the-long-end-kept-climbing/" } ], "mentions": [ { "part": 2, "section": "Three businesses, one ticker", "excerpt": "JunkBondInvestor’s walk-through of the $25 billion inaugural bond, described as the largest corporate debut on record, says the deal is a refinancing first: its main job was to term out a $20 billion bridge loan.", "url": "https://deepstack.ltd/stories/spacex-after-the-ipo-exit-liquidity/" }, { "part": 2, "section": "Three businesses, one ticker", "excerpt": "JunkBondInvestor writes.", "url": "https://deepstack.ltd/stories/spacex-after-the-ipo-exit-liquidity/" }, { "part": 3, "section": "Credit gets the last word", "excerpt": "JunkBondInvestor’s Credit Weekly shows where the pressure would appear first.", "url": "https://deepstack.ltd/stories/the-debt-behind-the-machines/" }, { "part": 3, "section": "Credit gets the last word", "excerpt": "JunkBondInvestor sees three endings that fit the current numbers: a financing squeeze that spreads into recession, AI revenue that arrives on schedule and swamps the borrowing, or spreads that simply cheapen until the paper finds a buyer and no one can identify the moment the market turned.", "url": "https://deepstack.ltd/stories/the-debt-behind-the-machines/" }, { "part": 4, "section": "The tape picks winners", "excerpt": "JunkBondInvestor offers a useful check from credit.", "url": "https://deepstack.ltd/stories/the-market-stops-paying-for-faith/" }, { "part": 7, "section": "AI meets the rate", "excerpt": "JunkBondInvestor shows who is already paying.", "url": "https://deepstack.ltd/stories/the-fed-hiked-the-long-end-kept-climbing/" }, { "part": 7, "section": "AI meets the rate", "excerpt": "JunkBondInvestor’s credit account separates a higher hurdle from an immediate stop.", "url": "https://deepstack.ltd/stories/the-fed-hiked-the-long-end-kept-climbing/" }, { "part": 10, "section": "A cheap top", "excerpt": "JunkBondInvestor reports firm contracted rents and used-market prices even for GPUs three to six years old.", "url": "https://deepstack.ltd/stories/the-bubble-is-in-the-denominator/" } ], "sides": [ { "part": 2, "question": null, "side": "crossing", "sideLabel": "Voices that cross sides", "claim": "Lenders back Starlink's cash and bet the AI spend never drains the company.", "date": null, "url": null, "linkVerified": false, "storyUrl": "https://deepstack.ltd/stories/spacex-after-the-ipo-exit-liquidity/", "sidesUrl": "https://deepstack.ltd/sides/spacex-after-the-ipo-exit-liquidity/" }, { "part": 3, "question": null, "side": "crossing", "sideLabel": "Voices that cross sides", "claim": "Three endings fit today's numbers: squeeze, triumph, or spreads just cheapen. 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