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On September 14, the Bank for International Settlements said the two-year AI-driven equity rally is starting to crack. Frank Smets, the BIS's head of economic analysis, told reporters investors are turning increasingly cautious about future AI profitability, and flagged the rising leverage of major US tech firms as the central concern.
The BIS report establishes that AI-linked leverage is rising and opaque, not that a correction is imminent.
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From “One average premium hides five different convertible trades.” Every figure in these posts comes from the approved piece. This piece was written from a test dataset: the bonds and the people quoted are fictional.
A single conversion premium for a convertible book tells you almost nothing about the book. In the five holdings in the book spreadsheet dated 1 October 2026, premium climbs as delta falls, every step of the way. Pinecrest Energy 2030 sits at 14.8% on a delta of 0.81. Northgate Biotech 2029 sits at 65.5% on a delta of 0.21.
A convertible book averaging a 35.9% premium holds bonds from 14.8% at 0.81 delta to 65.5% at 0.21. The average matches none of them. Report premium by delta bucket, not as one number. [LINK]
This is an audio version of a piece by Jim Jockle, on artificial intelligence in capital markets, about why one average premium hides five different convertible trades. It was published on Saturday, October third, twenty twenty-six.
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