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On August 15th, Broadcoms stock price fell nearly 7% intraday on Friday as the market focused on the financing model behind its AI infrastructure expansion. Bank of America analysts estimate that Broadcoms financing platform for its AI chip customers could accumulate up to $370 billion in senior debt by mid-2029, with new issuances in 2027 alone potentially reaching approximately $150 billion. This estimate is based on a 20-gigawatt data center. The debt is assumed by the financing platform, not directly by Broadcom, but Broadcom has already guaranteed some customer lease payments, with the first guarantee amounting to approximately $29 billion. This financing model began in June of this year, led by Apollo Global Management and Blackstone Group, providing $35 billion in funding for Broadcoms AIXPV platform. The first tranche will support Anthropic in building over 1 gigawatt of computing power, with the platform planned to provide over 20 gigawatts of computing power by 2028. As the AI infrastructure expands, the future scale of Broadcoms guarantees will be a key focus for the market.On August 15th, Tiger Global Management conducted a large-scale portfolio adjustment in the second quarter. Regarding reductions: Broadcom (AVGO.O) was reduced by 51.1% to 1.8 million shares; Google A (GOOGL.O) was reduced by 45.4% to 5.8 million Class A shares; TSMC (TSM.N) was reduced by 12.3% to 4.9 million ADSs; Microsoft (MSFT.O) was reduced by 9.3% to 2.3 million shares; Meta Platforms (META.O) was reduced by 8.5% to 2.8 million Class A shares; Nvidia (NVDA.O) was reduced by 6.8% to 11.2 million shares; and JD.com (JD.O) was reduced by 41.5% to 201,500 ADSs. Regarding increases: Intel (INTC.O) holdings were increased to 4.3 million shares. New positions were established in AMD (AMD.O) with 674,000 shares and SpaceX (SPCX.O) with 375,000 shares. All holdings in Netflix (NFLX.O) were liquidated.According to the Wall Street Journal, JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) has terminated its banking relationship with Polymarket due to regulatory issues.Waymo, Alphabets self-driving car company, has had its services approved by the California Public Utilities Commission in Sacramento and San Diego.Waymo, Alphabets self-driving car company, has been approved by the California Public Utilities Commission to expand its self-driving ride-hailing service in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
