# Market Trouble Signals

> CDS prices rise as AI hype drives equity markets high.
- Title: Market Trouble Signals · Financialpost | Shortify
- Summary: CDS prices rise as AI hype drives equity markets high. CDS prices for AI-linked borrowers like Meta and Google have risen, signaling potential market trouble…
- Keywords: credit default swaps, ai hype, equity markets, meta, google, microsoft, oracle, space x, us$40 billion, 27 percent, ai product demand, operating cash flow
- Source: Financialpost — https://financialpost.com/financial-times/five-ways-to-tell-if-market-trouble-lies-ahead
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: credit default swaps, ai hype, equity markets, meta, google, microsoft, oracle, space x, us$40 billion, 27 percent, ai product demand, operating cash flow
## Market Canaries
Credit default swaps show investor worry about borrowers going bust.

> When the price of derivatives rises, this shows that investors are worrying that borrowers will go bust.
## Current CDS Signals
CDS prices for ai-linked borrowers like meta and google have risen, with oracle seeing a sharp jump.
## Space X Funding
Space x cds prices surged after reports of a us$40 billion funding call.
## Tech Forecast Doubt
Analysts expect ai product demand to double operating cash flow to us$2.4 trillion by 2028.

> the sector's operating cash flow to double to roughly us$2.4 trillion by 2028
## Non-Tech Cash Flow
Analysts project muted future cash flows for non-tech companies.

> raises the question of who exactly will be writing all those cheques to buy ai services
## Debt Build-Out
Tech companies are on a wild debt binge to fund ai build-out.
## Key takeaway

CDS prices for AI-linked borrowers like Meta and Google have risen, signaling potential market trouble despite record equity highs.