Goldman Says Hedge Funds Add Record Shorts on US Stocks in Rout

Feb 9, 2026 | Markets

Hedge funds piled into short positions on US stocks as concerns about disruption to business models from artificial intelligence reverberated through markets. Notional short selling across single stocks last week was the biggest on record in Goldman Sachs Group...

Get Ready for Double Whammy of US Jobs and Inflation

Feb 8, 2026 | Markets

Investors and policymakers are gearing up for a busy week of US economic reports that includes arguably the two most consequential data snapshots — employment and inflation. The January jobs report on Wednesday and the consumer price index, due Friday, are unusually...

Tech’s AI Push Risks a Bond Market Blowback: Credit Weekly

Feb 7, 2026 | Markets, Private Credit

The biggest tech companies are gearing up to spend even more on artificial intelligence than investors had anticipated, and money managers increasingly fear that whatever happens, credit markets will get hit. Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp. and other “hyperscalers” are...

Private Markets Push for World’s Wealthy Runs Into AI Meltdown

Feb 7, 2026 | Markets, Private Credit

The salespeople on the front line of a private-markets push to win over the world’s wealthy are quite adept at fielding questions on opacity, liquidity and valuation. Their list of tricky talking points just got a new addition — the so-called SaaSpocalypse. At...

Anthropic’s More Than $20 Billion Funding to Close as Soon as Next Week

Feb 6, 2026 | Markets

Anthropic PBC is ironing out the final details on a funding round likely to raise more than $20 billion and slated to close as soon as next week, according to people familiar with the matter. The OpenAI rival was initially seeking $10 billion but is now on track...