Meta seeks to raise $20B-$25B in bond sale, two-thirds in USD and one-third in EUR. S&P revised outlook to negative citing high capex and negative free cash flow.
$CAP IS SHOWING POSITIVE MOMENTUM!
With an 8.39% daily increase, CAP has entered today's group of notable gainers.
The next thing worth watching is whether trading activity supports this upward movement.
Do you think CAP can maintain its strength?
#Intel faces foundry challenges #Meta raises debt for AI expansion #Democrats eye midterms control #Nasdaq-100 enters correction #Apple reports record revenue
$META - INVESTORS PLACED AS MUCH AS $58 BILLION OF ORDERS ON META’S USD BOND OFFERING, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE AT LEAST $15 BILLION IN SIZE – BLOOMBERG NEWS
ORACLE WILL DEVOTE 65% OF ITS $10 BILLION STOCK SALE TO TEN INVESTORS.
Meta’s five-part U.S. dollar bond sale puts AI funding costs in focus; its dollar/euro plan is at least $20B. 📊 Meta’s broader equity financing plans total up to $97.5B: $25B common stock, $12.5B mandatory convertible preferred and up to $60B via an at-the-market program. S&P’s negative outlook flags leverage and cash-flow pressure. 📊 Oracle is also pursuing roughly $20B in combined debt and equity financing for its AI buildout. 🔥 Watch bond demand, borrowing costs and whether AI investment generates cash flow to support the funding wave. $META #AIInfrastructure #CreditMarkets #Tech #CorporateFinance
30 Sep: "Oracle's credit just flashed a warning." Since then the stock fell 13.2% to $119.22 (Mon close), its lowest close since July. Overnight it sold $10B of new stock at $116 a share. 12 month free cash flow: negative $28.7B. 17th of 18 in my pinned AI health ranking 👇
Amid yesterday’s semiconductor decline and NVIDIA’s downgrade, the most significant impact may have come from Oracle’s plan to raise $20 billion through bonds and equity. I reviewed Oracle’s SEC filings out of concern over bond interest rates—found to be between 7.00% and 8.65% annually, which is high. This may have raised alarms: “Must companies buying AI infrastructure really pay such high rates to sustain their investments?” Semiconductor demand is explosive, but the sustainability of these investments is now the key focus 👀 Source: See reply $ORCL
Meta says Muse paid ~$1.2M for 64 valid bugs. A $300K flaw crossed a proxy trust boundary. AI security is architecture, not just prompts.
ORCL just sold $10BN in stock at $116, 11% discount to Friday's close, effectively the lowest price May 2024
Oracle announces pricing of concurrent underwritten public offerings of 86,206,897 shares of common stock, at a public offering price of $116.00 per share and $2,000,000,000 of its 7.000% notes due 2029, $1,750,000,000 of its 7.450% notes due 2031, $2,250,000,000 of its 7.850% notes due 2033, $2,500,000,000 of its 8.000% notes due 2037 and $1,500,000,000 of its 8.650% notes due 2046
💰 TECHNOLOGY NEWS: Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta collectively spent $201.9 billion on capital expenditures in Q3 2026, doubling their spending from the same period last year.
