{"version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "title": "Sharemaestro Newsreel: Brazil Asset Management news", "home_page_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/newsreel/br/financial-services/asset-management/", "feed_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/newsreel/br/financial-services/asset-management/feed.json", "description": "Latest Asset Management company headlines from Brazil, newest first, with source links and direct routes to company research and sentiment.", "language": "en", "items": [{"id": "source:611afc124f8050101341d9e439dfff56e86f554ce8b5efa091422270526dd3ce", "url": "https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/larry-finks-blackrock-just-crossed-153-trillion-assets-heres-what-scale-actually-earns", "external_url": "https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/larry-finks-blackrock-just-crossed-153-trillion-assets-heres-what-scale-actually-earns", "title": "Larry Fink's BlackRock Just Crossed $15.3 Trillion in Assets. Here's What That Scale Actually Earns.", "content_text": "Key Points BlackRock is a dominant player in asset management with $15 trillion in assets under management. In the recent quarter, BlackRock saw AUM increase 22%, while its profit margins expanded to their highest in nearly five years. The company is seeing strong growth in higher-margin alternative assets and active investment strategies. 10 stocks we like better than BlackRock \u203a In the world of asset management, BlackRock(NYSE: BLK) stands out among the rest. BlackRock ushered in the era of passive investing and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and has become a powerhouse in financial services, ", "date_published": "2026-08-14T09:52:00+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "nasdaq.com"}], "tags": ["Earnings", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Main company", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}, {"id": "source:b49d631db8f1356805ae779048707de465a32ee9c7047792fdb770a8fdd9d52a", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/t-rowe-price-oha-select-222800116.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/t-rowe-price-oha-select-222800116.html", "title": "T. ROWE PRICE OHA SELECT PRIVATE CREDIT FUND ANNOUNCES JUNE 30, 2026 FINANCIAL RESULTS AND DECLARED TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF $0.60 PER SHARE IN Q2 2026", "content_text": "NEW YORK, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- T. Rowe Price OHA Select Private Credit Fund (the \"Company\" or \"OCREDIT\") today reported financial results and total distributions of $0.60 per share for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.T. Rowe Price OHA Co-Branded Logo As private credit remains a key driver of financing solutions within credit markets, OCREDIT closed the second quarter with the addition of 7 new portfolio companies across a diverse range of industries, representing portfolio net growth of nearly $124.0 million. 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Over the past five years (2020-2025), the company's assets under management (AUM) recorded a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.5%. The growth trend continued in the first half of 2026, with AUM reaching a record $1.89 trillion as of June 30, 2026. However, the company's preliminary AUM declined to $1.87 trillion as of July 31, 2026, due to $8.2 billion in net outflows. Equity AUM fell 2.5% to $896 billion, while fixed-income AUM remained stable at $222 billion. ", "date_published": "2026-08-13T17:29:00+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "T1RO34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Provider-linked mention", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "T1RO34", "name": "T. 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The stock has climbed by 14.8% to $557.69 per share while the index has gained 11.7%. Is now a good time to buy AMP? Find out in our full research report, it's free. Why Is Ameriprise Financial a Good Business? Founded in 1894 and spun off from American Express in 2005, Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) provides financial planning, wealth management, asset management, and insurance products to help individuals and instit", "date_published": "2026-08-13T16:53:00+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Earnings", "A1MP34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Main company", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "A1MP34", "name": "Ameriprise Financial, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/08b6956c-65c1-4e95-8096-1ace6c21d7ce/"}]}}, {"id": "source:f920a92c5d668136ae759ce9338584e6cbc63c16bc97cab97f1c7ff9abf472f6", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/lazards-aum-rises-july-growth-141400990.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/lazards-aum-rises-july-growth-141400990.html", "title": "Lazard's AUM Rises in July: Will the Growth Momentum Continue?", "content_text": "Lazard, Inc. LAZ reported a preliminary asset under management (AUM) balance of $286.9 billion as of July 31, 2026, reflecting a marginal increase from the prior month. The monthly increase was driven by $1.5 billion in market appreciation, $0.4 billion in net inflows, and $0.4 billion in foreign exchange appreciation. Over the past several years, the company has demonstrated steady AUM growth despite market volatility. Although AUM declined in 2022, the metric recorded a CAGR of 2.8% during 2016-2025. The growth momentum continued in the first half of 2026, with net inflows of $9 billion in t", "date_published": "2026-08-13T14:14:00+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Earnings", "T1RO34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Provider-linked mention", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "T1RO34", "name": "T. 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Of these, perhaps no stock market trend is more popular than value investing, which is a strategy that has proven to be successful in all sorts of market environments. Value investors rely on traditional forms of analysis on key valuation metrics to find stock", "date_published": "2026-08-13T13:40:02+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Earnings", "A1MP34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Main company", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "A1MP34", "name": "Ameriprise Financial, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/08b6956c-65c1-4e95-8096-1ace6c21d7ce/"}]}}, {"id": "source:e03b5f05e2e79323abe14c9b3793ce4a3c3ad3baf811bc5df8ce15a0cd47c9e6", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/t-rowe-price-advances-ai-130000248.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/t-rowe-price-advances-ai-130000248.html", "title": "T. ROWE PRICE ADVANCES AI STRATEGY WITH LEADERSHIP MODEL BUILT TO ACCELERATE AND SCALE EXECUTION", "content_text": "BALTIMORE, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- T. Rowe Price (NASDAQ: TROW) today announced leadership enhancements that support its firmwide artificial intelligence (AI) strategy and are designed to accelerate responsible adoption, scale practical AI capabilities, and translate AI innovation into value for clients, associates, and the business. The updates strengthen AI leadership within Investments and Global Distribution and build on the enterprise Technology, Data, and Operations foundation established to support scale and innovation.T. Rowe Price Logo The firm has built a strong enterprise AI f", "date_published": "2026-08-13T13:00:00+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "T1RO34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Main company", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "T1RO34", "name": "T. 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Nick Goodman, President of Brookfield Corporation, said, \"Our business performed well in the second quarter, with continued momentum driving 15% growth in earnings per share. We were active through the first six months of the year\u2014raising $98 billion of capital,", "date_published": "2026-08-13T10:45:00+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Earnings", "B1AM34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Main company", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "B1AM34", "name": "Brookfield Corporation", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/e617f8d3-01c7-4d9e-a77c-1e00613ffe3a/"}]}}, {"id": "source:e0873c138e8f4c9cf03495904d23173133790f1021c14eed089512a91533879f", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/video/next-phase-crypto-bigger-think-050000386.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/video/next-phase-crypto-bigger-think-050000386.html", "title": "The Next Phase of Crypto Is Bigger Than You Think", "content_text": "Raoul welcomes Blue Macellari, head of digital assetts at T. Rowe Price, to explore why crypto has struggled despite improving fundamentals, and how AI, stablecoins, tokenization, and institutional adoption could reshape the financial system. They also discuss the risks around AI, crypto infrastructure, and what needs to change for on-chain finance to reach mainstream adoption. Recorded August 10, 2026. View Comments", "date_published": "2026-08-13T05:00:00+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "T1RO34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Provider-linked mention", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "T1RO34", "name": "T. 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Under the expanded mandate, Northern Trust will provide custody, fund accounting and transfer agency services for First Sentier Investors Global Growth Funds. The arrangement combines local Singapore transfer agency capabilities with Northern Trust's global operating platform, supporting a consistent, scalable and resilient se", "date_published": "2026-08-13T02:00:00+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "N1TR34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Main company", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "N1TR34", "name": "Northern Trust Corporation", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/1c450c43-a6ce-4a9a-9a46-0645f7bc4a63/"}]}}, {"id": "source:719a2b6045bb38eea27fe06c54a40d9ec9e82b51dea52a8c31d30be7bafe3617", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidias-jensen-huang-says-ai-213109451.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidias-jensen-huang-says-ai-213109451.html", "title": "NVIDIA's Jensen Huang Says AI Isn\u2019t Just Tech Anymore \u2014 It\u2019s Infrastructure, and Wall Street Is Financing It", "content_text": "Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. NVIDIA Corp. stock gained nearly 1% in Tuesday's premarket trading as investors weighed fresh efforts to finance large-scale AI infrastructure and GPU deployments. The world's most valuable chipmaker is seeking to turn AI infrastructure into a major financing opportunity as CEO Jensen Huang increasingly frames NVIDIA chips as long-lived, revenue-producing assets. NVIDIA Taps Wall Street For AI Financing NVIDIA said Monday it signed memorandums of understanding with Apollo Global Management, Inc., BlackRock Inc., Blackstone Inc., Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and KKR & Co. Inc. to help create financing platforms for customers. Don't Miss: A single bad hire can set a startup back years. Here are the 5 hires founders most often misjudge \u2014 and why Still Learning the Market? These 50 Must-Know Terms Can Help You Catch Up Fast The effort aims to unlock more than $500 billion for AI infrastructure and help hyperscalers, AI labs and enterprises fund data centers and NVIDIA hardware through institutional credit, insurance capital and private investment. Huang Sees AI Chips As Infrastructure Huang told CNBC that technology chips have become an investable asset class because they now generate revenue and can serve multiple customers and workloads. He said AI computing has become part of core infrastructure, comparable to electricity or the internet, which means investors should view the industry through an infrastructure lens. Goldman Sachs Backs NVIDIA Financing Push Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said the bank has strong confidence in the long-term opportunity surrounding NVIDIA and the massive capital requirements needed to support the buildout of artificial intelligence infrastructure. \"We have a deep belief in the opportunity set that's ahead,\" Solomon told CNBC on Monday. He said Goldman Sachs can bring both capital and its distribution network to help connect investors with companies funding AI infrastructure. See Also: Avoid the #1 Investing Mistake: How Your 'Safe' Holdings Could Be Costing You Big Time Solomon said Huang approached Goldman Sachs with the financing concept. He added that the bank sees significant opportunities over the next three, five, seven and 10 years as companies invest heavily in computing infrastructure. \"It's a big infrastructure build,\" Solomon said, adding that capital markets are signaling ample investor appetite to finance the expansion. Story Continues NVIDIA Looks To Third-Party Capital Huang said the initiative would rely on third-party, independent, long-term capital rather than NVIDIA's own money. \"This is all third-party, independent, long-term capital that all of my partners present will help us bring together,\" Huang said. Huang described the financing need as part of a broader shift in computing, with AI increasingly viewed as essential infrastructure rather than simply a technology investment. \"It used to be, you know, tech, and now it's infrastructure,\" Huang said. Image via Shutterstock Read Next: Skip the Regrets: The Essential Retirement Tips Experts Wish Everyone Knew Earlier. Think you're saving enough for your kids? You might be dangerously off \u2014 see why Building Wealth Across More Than Just the Market Building a resilient portfolio means thinking beyond a single asset or market trend. Economic cycles shift, sectors rise and fall, and no one investment performs well in every environment. That's why many investors look to diversify with platforms that provide access to real estate, fixed-income opportunities, precious metals, and even self-directed retirement accounts. By spreading exposure across multiple asset classes, it becomes easier to manage risk, capture steady returns, and create long-term wealth that isn't tied to the fortunes of just one company or industry. Arrived Backed by Jeff Bezos, Arrived Homes makes real estate investing accessible with ", "date_published": "2026-08-12T21:31:09+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Provider-linked mention", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}, {"id": "source:6ad2641301b7b922ad38a297c29cc15835593e79eaa9ad29f8a6c2a65c355dfc", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/michael-burry-drops-stark-nvidia-202059624.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/michael-burry-drops-stark-nvidia-202059624.html", "title": "Michael Burry Drops Stark Take on Nvidia Stock", "content_text": "This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Michael Burry (Trades, Portfolio) is taking aim at Nvidia's (NASDAQ:NVDA) $500 billion AI-infrastructure financing strategy, arguing that Wall Street is building a dangerously leveraged system around GPU demand that echoes risks seen before the 2008 financial crisis. The criticism puts a new spotlight on one of the biggest questions surrounding the AI boom: whether soaring chip demand reflects sustainable end-user economics or increasingly complex financing designed to keep capital flowing. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 4 Warning Signs with NVDA. Is NVDA fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Nvidia has partnered with Apollo (NYSE:APO), BlackRock (NYSE:BLK), Blackstone (NYSE:BX), Brookfield, Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and KKR on financing platforms intended to mobilize more than $500 billion of third-party capital for AI infrastructure over time. Nvidia stresses that the figure is not revenue or a single committed fund and that financing firms will independently assess customer demand, utilization, cash flow and residual values. Burry sees something more concerning. The \"Big Short\" investor described the initiative as a Wall Street stunt and argued that the structures can involve private credit, asset-backed debt and Nvidia capital ultimately funding purchases of Nvidia GPUs. \"I have an idea how that will look,\" Burry wrote. \"Meet the new Boss. Same as the old Boss.\" One focal point is Nvidia's potential backstop. The company says that, in some projects, it may provide residual-value support covering up to 25% of an opportunity. Nvidia argues that older GPUs remain commercially useful and can be redeployed across customers, helping preserve collateral value. That assumption is crucial. If rapidly improving AI chips cause older hardware to depreciate faster than expected, the economics underlying leveraged GPU financing could weaken. Investor Takeaway On Nvidia Stock For Nvidia investors, Burry's critique turns GPU residual values and customer economics into increasingly important metrics. Watch rental prices for older GPUs, utilization rates, customer defaults and how much direct financial support Nvidia ultimately provides. The bullish case holds if chips remain productive for years and financed AI projects generate enough cash to service their debt. The bearish scenario emerges if new architectures rapidly erode older GPU values or heavily financed customers struggle to monetize capacity. Nvidia reports fiscal second-quarter results on Aug. 26, giving investors another opportunity to assess data-center demand, margins and whether infrastructure financing is broadening genuine end-market growth. View Comments", "date_published": "2026-08-12T20:20:59+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Provider-linked mention", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}, {"id": "source:4c6b2cadac828dff3ef1e76df35b34281e967bdeca6653281c09b453a8e340a1", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidia-stock-jumps-2-5-173022032.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidia-stock-jumps-2-5-173022032.html", "title": "NVIDIA Stock Jumps 2.5% Today as $500 Billion AI Funding Opens", "content_text": "This article first appeared on GuruFocus. NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), the chip giant powering the AI boom, jumped approximately 2.5% in Wednesday morning trading after unveiling an ambitious plan that could throw even more fuel on the AI infrastructure race. NVIDIA is teaming up with Apollo (NYSE:APO), BlackRock, Blackstone (NYSE:BX), Brookfield, Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and KKR (NYSE:KKR) on independent financing platforms targeting more than $500 billion of third-party capital. That is the number grabbing attention. But the bigger story is what the money could unlock: more data centers, more AI clusters and potentially a much larger pool of customers capable of buying NVIDIA's chips, networking gear and software. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 4 Warning Signs with NVDA. Is NVDA fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. This is NVIDIA attacking the AI bottleneck from a different angle. The problem is no longer simply whether companies want GPUs. Plenty do. The problem is paying for the staggering infrastructure required to deploy them at scale. These financing platforms could bring deep-pocketed institutional capital directly into that equation, helping frontier AI labs, cloud operators and enterprises fund projects without swallowing the entire bill themselves. There is an important catch. The $500 billion is not sitting in a bank account waiting to buy NVIDIA hardware. The partnerships are currently based on memorandums of understanding, and the headline figure represents capital the platforms intend to mobilize over time. Still, if even a meaningful chunk reaches actual projects, NVIDIA could be helping finance the very demand engine that sells more NVIDIA.NVIDIA Stock Jumps 2.5% Today as $500 Billion AI Funding Opens\u00b7us.finance.gurufocus The fundamentals give investors another reason to pay attention. NVIDIA carries a towering 96/100 GF Score for 2026, with the chart flashing exceptional profitability, growth and financial strength, plus healthy momentum. The obvious weak spot is GF Value, which trails the other categories and signals that the market is already pricing in a serious amount of future success. That is the tension. NVIDIA keeps finding ways to make the AI opportunity bigger, but expectations keep getting bigger with it. Fiscal second-quarter earnings arrive August 26, and investors now have another question to answer: can NVIDIA turn a $500 billion financing ambition into the next wave of real AI infrastructure spending? 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Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) is expanding its role in the artificial intelligence industry by helping finance the infrastructure needed to support growing demand, with a $500 billion financing initiative involving major financial firms. The arrangement includes Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), BlackRock (NYSE:BLK), Blackstone (NYSE:BX), Apollo Global Management (APO) and other investors. Nvidia may provide financial backing for portions of projects, while debt financing would help customers obtain computing capacity. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 6 Warning Signs with GS. Is GS fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. The strategy could create another channel for Nvidia revenue as financed projects purchase or lease its GPUs. The company reported $81 billion in quarterly revenue, an 85% increase from a year earlier, while its current-quarter forecast calls for $91 billion. Nvidia's market value has reached about $5.4 trillion, supported by its position in AI computing. The company's expanding financial relationships with AI firms and infrastructure providers could further strengthen its role across the sector. The scale of Nvidia's growth has also prompted debate over financing structures and potential risks. Investors will likely focus on whether rising AI infrastructure spending can continue generating sufficient returns as Nvidia expands beyond its traditional chip business. 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On Monday, Nvidia announced partnerships with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR to create financing platforms intended to mobilize more than $500 billion for AI infrastructure. The money will largely come from \"third-party investors,\" allowing Nvidia customers to finance chips and data centers while keeping Nvidia's own risk limited and off the balance sheet. Details of the arrangements, like the extent of each deal, are still unknown. But analysts have been watching for a deal like this\u2014that treats AI compute into an infrastructure asset, like a toll road or power plant\u2014that produces cash flows and therefore can support debt. As of now, many have feared the chips instead look like a rapidly depreciating, and thus depleting, pile of graphics processors that will need more and more capital to finance. \"We have moved from an era in which companies bought chips and built data centers project by project to one in which AI factories can be financed as productive infrastructure,\" Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wrote Tuesday. In Huang's formulation, the premise is simple: \"In AI, compute is revenue.\" Underneath that transformation is a second one: who is actually paying for the AI boom. A year ago, most of Big Tech could claim it was financing AI from its enormous cash flows, accrued from decades of executing software-level thin margins and massive profits. But now debt is taking over. Goldman Sachs estimates AI-related financing now accounts for nearly one-quarter of all gross U.S. investment-grade issuance, while AI investment itself is approaching $600 billion this year. So Nvidia's getting ahead of the whole debacle to find the next pool of money. The chain is straightforward. An independent financing vehicle can raise money to buy Nvidia GPUs and data-center infrastructure. An AI company then leases that compute or commits to using it, creating a stream of payments against whichthe vehicle can borrow. Apollo, KKR, and their peers can structure or manage that debt and place it with the enormous pools of institutional money\u2014mostly insurance and retirement capital\u2014that they oversee. Bloomberg columnist Matt Levine distilled the long-term vision into three steps: Put more private investments into ordinary people's retirement accounts, raise \"a gazillion dollars\" of private-credit and infrastructure funds, and use that money to build the data centers that AI will rent. Story Continues There is a reason those pools of money are attractive. Data centers are expensive, long-lived, and long-standing projects that require financing over many years. Insurers and pension funds, conveniently, have long-dated obligations\u2014annuities that may pay for decades, or retirement benefits owed decades into the future\u2014and therefore look for long-duration assets whose cash flows can be matched against those liabilities. Private-credit and infrastructure managers act as the middlemen, turning projects like data centers into debt those institutions can hold. Nvidia, however, has said it's putting something of its own behind the bet: Huang said the company may provide residual-value support of up to 25% for some projects\u2014effectively promising some protection against the possibility that the chips backing a financing are worth much less in the future than lenders expected. Ben Thompson, who writes the technology strategy publication Stratechery, calls that \"in a certain sense, a price cut\": Nvidia is using its own profits to reduce customers' cost of capital and make Nvidia-based data centers easier to finance. And that is where the deal gets more interesting. The AI boom started with some of the richest corporations in history spending their own cash. Then came bonds. 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Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) is facing fresh scrutiny over its planned $500 billion AI infrastructure financing initiative after investor Michael Burry (Trades, Portfolio) questioned the structure of the transactions in a Wednesday post on X. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 6 Warning Signs with GS. Is GS fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. The program involves Nvidia and financial firms including Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO), Blackstone (BX), BlackRock (BLK), Brookfield (BN), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and KKR (NYSE:KKR). The companies are working on financing platforms intended to help fund large-scale computing projects. Under the proposed arrangement, Nvidia could provide support covering as much as 25% of certain projects through a mechanism tied to the future value of its hardware. Burry argues that the structure could create additional financial exposure if projects fail to generate expected returns. Burry also pointed to a financing chain involving debt, Nvidia equity and purchases of Nvidia GPUs that are then leased for AI computing operations. He compared the arrangement with financial structures that contributed to risks during the 2008 crisis. The criticism comes as Nvidia shares have continued to climb, with the stock up more than 2% Wednesday. Burry has also disclosed bearish exposure to Nvidia through put options, adding another element to his criticism of the company's AI investment strategy. 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On Monday, Nvidia Corp. announced that it is teaming up with six of Wall Street's biggest asset managers to unlock more than $500 billion in financing for AI infrastructure. Jensen Huang argued that the company's chips have evolved into \"revenue-generating assets.' Nvidia Wants AI Chips to Become a New Asset Class Nvidia signed memorandums of understanding with Apollo Global Management, BlackRock Inc., Blackstone Inc., Brookfield Asset Management, Goldman Sachs and KKR & Co. Inc. to create financing platforms for its customers. The initiative is designed to help hyperscalers, AI labs and enterprises finance data centers and Nvidia hardware through institutional credit, insurance capital and private investment rather than relying entirely on their own balance sheets. Don't Miss: A single bad hire can set a startup back years. Here are the 5 hires founders most often misjudge \u2014 and why Still Learning the Market? These 50 Must-Know Terms Can Help You Catch Up Fast Huang said the push marks a major shift in how investors should view AI computing. \"This is really the first time that technology chips have become an investable asset class,\" Huang told CNBC. \"These are revenue-generating assets now. They're productive, they're long-lived, they're fungible, they're flexible.\" Jensen Huang Sees GPUs As Infrastructure Huang argued that Nvidia hardware can be financed much like traditional infrastructure because its chips are widely used and can be deployed across different customers and workloads. \"Fundamentally, what's different about this industry and this way of doing computing is that the computer is now part of the infrastructure, like electricity, like the internet, and so you have to think about it like it's infrastructure,\" Huang told the publication. Trending: Avoid the #1 Investing Mistake: How Your 'Safe' Holdings Could Be Costing You Big Time Nvidia Q2 Earnings Outlook Gets Bullish Upgrade Nvidia is set to report its second-quarter results on Aug. 26. In a note published Monday, Bank of America analyst Vivek Arya reiterated Nvidia as a \"top pick\" and set a $350 price target, implying 56.3% upside from the stock's $223.96 price at the time. BofA expects Nvidia to post quarterly revenue of $94 billion to $95 billion, roughly $3 billion to $4 billion above the company's $91 billion guidance. The bank also projects third-quarter guidance of $107 billion to $108 billion, topping the consensus estimate of about $104 billion. Story Continues Nvidia reported first-quarter revenue of $81.615 billion in May, an 85% year-over-year increase that surpassed Wall Street's $78.796 billion estimate. Photo Courtesy: FotoField on Shutterstock.com Read Next: Skip the Regrets: The Essential Retirement Tips Experts Wish Everyone Knew Earlier. 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This allows everyday investors to diversify into real estate, collect rental income, and build long-term wealth without needing to manage properties directly. 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Monachil Capital Partners managing partner and chief investment officer Ali Meli breaks down the structure of the financing agreement, highlighting one main risk. Video Transcript 00:00 Speaker A If you look at the size of the AI build out, uh the CAPEX expenditure for next year is going to be projected to be north of 1 trillion dollars. And that's uh just a hyperscalers. And then if you add other components like the fact that there is going to b", "date_published": "2026-08-12T15:24:56+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Main company", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}, {"id": "source:3c76388e03c94237657aff6a8125fb38b2bde6db7cb058c4e35871aedde1f433", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidias-500b-funding-push-unlock-132200572.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidias-500b-funding-push-unlock-132200572.html", "title": "NVIDIA's $500B Funding Push: Can It Unlock More Revenue Growth?", "content_text": "NVIDIA Corporation NVDA is taking a major step to accelerate the AI infrastructure buildout by partnering with six leading financial institutions to create financing platforms that could mobilize more than $500 billion of third-party capital over time. The partnerships involve Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR. The initiative could become an important growth catalyst because financing has emerged as a key hurdle for customers seeking to build large AI factories. By connecting customers with long-term capital, NVIDIA aims to make it easier for AI labs, enterprises and AI cloud providers to expand computing capacity. This could translate into stronger demand for NVIDIA's graphics processing units (GPUs), networking products and software. The strategy also creates a potentially longer revenue runway. NVIDIA describes its compute as an asset that can remain useful across different customers and workloads, with its CUDA software ecosystem helping extend its economic life. This flexibility could make NVIDIA-based infrastructure more attractive to investors and operators financing large projects. The $500 billion figure represents capital that financing platforms aim to mobilize, not revenues or funding directly provided by NVIDIA. Still, if the initiative successfully lowers financing barriers, it could expand the number and scale of AI factories using NVIDIA technology. This would strengthen hardware demand while increasing software adoption, potentially supporting NVIDIA's long-term revenue growth. In the first quarter of fiscal 2027, NVIDIA's revenues surged 85% year over year to $81.62 billion. Management's expectations of $91 billion in revenues for the second quarter indicate year-over-year growth of approximately 95%. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal 2027 revenues is currently pegged at $387.93 billion, calling for a nearly 80% year-over-year increase. Could Rivals Challenge NVIDIA's AI Financing Edge? NVIDIA's financing strategy could widen its lead, but Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD and Broadcom Inc. AVGO are building strong alternatives for customers investing in AI infrastructure. Advanced Micro Devices' Data Center business generated $6.72 billion in second-quarter 2026 revenues, up 107% year over year, driven by EPYC CPUs and Instinct GPUs. The company is also expanding large-scale partnerships, including a plan with Meta to deploy up to 6 gigawatts of Instinct GPUs. Advanced Micro Devices and Tata Consultancy Services are co-developing a 200MW deployment of the AMD \"Helios\" open rack-scale AI architecture in India. Story Continues Broadcom is taking a different route by focusing on custom AI accelerators and networking. Its approach allows large technology companies to build chips tailored to specific workloads, potentially reducing reliance on general-purpose GPUs. This could become important as AI infrastructure spending expands and customers look for multiple ways to finance and deploy computing capacity. In the second quarter of fiscal 2026, Broadcom's revenues soared 48% year over year to $22.19 billion. NVIDIA, however, has a notable advantage in the financing initiative. The recent collaboration with top financial institutions will potentially make NVIDIA-based AI factories easier to fund. Advanced Micro Devices and Broadcom can compete through alternative hardware and infrastructure solutions, but NVIDIA's combination of technology, CUDA software and access to large pools of capital could strengthen its position as AI spending enters another major investment cycle. NVIDIA's Price Performance, Valuation and Estimates Shares of NVIDIA have risen around 16.6% year to date, underperforming the Zacks Computer and Technology sector's gain of 17.7%. NVIDIA YTD Price Return PerformanceZacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research From a valuation standpoint, NVDA trades at a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 19.91, below the sector's average of 21.53. 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PRNHX bears a Zacks Mutual Fund Rank of 3 (Hold), which is based on various forecasting factors like size, cost, and past performance. Objective The world of Small Cap Growth funds is an area filled with options, such as PRNHX. These funds tend to create their portfolios around stocks that sport large growth opportunities and market capitalization of less than $2 billion. The companies in these portfolios are usually on the smaller side, and are in up-and-coming indust", "date_published": "2026-08-12T11:00:02+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "T1RO34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Main company", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "T1RO34", "name": "T. 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Still, Nvidia kicked off the week by making a splashy deal with Wall Street giants including Apollo Global Management, BlackRock, and Goldman Sachs to help raise $500 billion to fund the AI-infrastructure build-out, according to a Financial Times report. The half-trillion in new AI infrastructure spending is the latest bullish sign for an AI-driven Wall Street. Even if July inflation data comes in slightly hot, the bulls have already bought the dip on all things AI and taken the S&P 500 to new all-time highs and the Nasdaq within touching distance of its peaks. Therefore, investors likely want to keep buying stocks in the second half of 2026. Today we highlight how investors can find stocks that have already proven themselves to be winners in the 2026 market conditions. The momentum stocks this screen puts on your radar have also seen strong upward earnings revisions, earning them Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buys). Let's dive into how investors can find the best \"Strong Buy\" momentum stocks to buy now in August. Screen Basics: Finding the Best Momentum Stocks to Buy The screen we are looking into today comes loaded with the Research Wizard. The screen helps investors dig through all of the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks, of which there are over 200 at any given time, to find some of the top momentum names. The screen narrows down the list of Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocksto those with upward price momentum that are also trading within 20% of their 52-week highs. The screen then uses the PEG ratio and the Price to Sales ratio to help make sure investors are getting value as well. The screen then makes your life a little easier and narrows it down to just seven stock picks. The screen basics are listed below\u2026 \u00b7 Zacks Rank = #1 (Strong Buy) \u00b7 Current Price/52-week High >= 0.8 \u00b7 PEG Ratio: P/E F(1)/EPS Growth <= 1 \u00b7 Price/Sales <= 3 \u00b7 Percentage Change Price -12 Weeks = Top # 7 This strategy comes loaded with the Research Wizard and it is called bt_sow_momentum_method1 It can be found in the SoW (Screen of the Week) folder. The screen is simple, yet powerful. Here is one of the seven stocks that made it through this week's screen\u2026 Buy Skyrocketing Oilfield Services Stock NESR for Huge Earnings Growth? Story Continues National Energy Services Reunited NESRis an oilfield services company operating around the Middle East and North Africa. NESR helps oil and gas companies \"unlock the full potential of their reservoirs\" through production services such as hydraulic fracturing, cementing, coiled tubing, filtration, pumping and nitrogen services and beyond. On top of that, NESR helps its customers \"access their reservoirs in a smarter and faster manner\" by providing drilling and evaluation services, including drilling downhole tools, fishing tools, testing services, rig services, and more. In short, NESR supplies the equipment and expertise that keep oil and gas production flowing in key energy markets.Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research The company's revenue soared 59% in Q2 2026 and its grew its adjusted earnings by 109% YoY to $0.44 a share, crushing our estimate by 26%. National Energy Services Reunited has crushed our bottom-line estimates for the four straight quarters, with its upward EPS revisions earning it a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). NESR is projected to grow its EPS by 112% in 2026 and follow that up with another 49% growth next year. It is projected to expand its revenue by 47% YoY in FY26 and 23% next year.Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research The oilfield services stock has skyrocketed 420% in the past year to break out miles above its previous 2021 highs. 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Release Date: August 11, 2026 For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. Positive Points Greystone Housing Impact Investors LP (NYSE:GHI) is actively executing a strategic portfolio repositioning, exiting market-rate JV equity investments to reinvest in tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds, which are expected to provide more stable, long-term tax-advantaged earnings. The partnership maintains a strong liquidity position with $30.9 million in unrestricted cash and $34.2 million available on its secured lines of credit, positioning it well to meet future funding commitments. GHI's debt investment portfolio performed steadily, with all mortgage revenue bonds and governmental issuer loans current on principal and interest payments as of June 30, 2026. The partnership successfully originated and transferred $95.9 million in new investment commitments to its construction lending joint venture with BlackRock, demonstrating its ongoing ability to source and execute affordable housing debt investments. GHI is largely hedged against interest rate fluctuations, with 85% of its debt financing structured to insulate net returns from changes in short-term rates, and the remaining unhedged exposure is expected to be short-term as related investments mature by December 2026. The refinancing of three Vantage properties in Texas strengthened their financial position and released GHI from limited guarantee agreements, providing increased flexibility for potential asset sales. Negative Points Greystone Housing Impact Investors LP (NYSE:GHI) reported a GAAP net loss of $1.5 million for Q2 2026, driven primarily by a $3.2 million proportionate share of losses from non-Vantage JV equity investments, including depreciation and operating expenses. The partnership's unit price trades at a significant 49% discount to its net book value per unit, reflecting market concerns and potentially limiting access to cost-effective capital. Physical occupancy for the stabilized mortgage revenue bond portfolio was relatively low at 85.8%, with Texas properties experiencing higher vacancies due to increased multi-family supply, which may pressure rental income. The portfolio repositioning is still in its early stages, with no JV equity investment sales reported since Q2 2025, delaying the expected redeployment of capital into higher-yielding tax-exempt investments. The four South Carolina properties acquired via deed-in-lieu of foreclosure are still in the process of repositioning, with ongoing tenant turnover and potential capital improvement needs, making it difficult to project a timeline for full economic performance. The partnership faces ongoing challenges in the low-income housing tax credit market, including demand and pricing issues, which could impact the execution and profitability of new affordable housing investments. Story Continues Q & A Highlights Warning! GuruFocus has detected 3 Warning Signs with GHI. Is GHI fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Q: With the portfolio rotation well underway, what inning would you say we're in along this path, and has the timeline extended due to those refinancing transactions? A: Ken Rogozinski, CEO, stated that the partnership is still very early in the ballgame, noting that no joint venture equity investment sales have been reported since Q2 of last year. He emphasized that very little capital has been recycled from JV equity investments into traditional tax-exempt mortgage revenue bond investments so far, and the true redeployment will only be visible once the JV equity exits are implemented. Q: Is the construction lending JV with BlackRock becoming the primary origination vehicle, and is there potential for that JV to grow in size? A: Ken Rogozinski, CEO, confirmed a shift in the construction lending business, noting that new GIL investments are now being transferred to the off-balance-sheet ", "date_published": "2026-08-11T21:01:10+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Provider-linked mention", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}, {"id": "source:84413ece51f57a1c50d638b24029355baf471952b2eddfe53503c061795f39df", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/m/48ca3c90-5c78-3397-9b9c-21b80f939537/nvidia-stock-wavers-as.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/m/48ca3c90-5c78-3397-9b9c-21b80f939537/nvidia-stock-wavers-as.html", "title": "Nvidia Stock Wavers As Chipmaker Rounds Up Funding For AI Buildout", "content_text": "Nvidia stock wavered on news that the company has rounded up more than $500 billion in third-party capital for AI projects. Continue Reading", "date_published": "2026-08-11T20:48:31+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Provider-linked mention", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}, {"id": "source:2d6d6b54b5582d0ed6f4fd516c9deef91fb44f886e3a817863c2f406b846c212", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidia-show-financial-force-soothes-203808018.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidia-show-financial-force-soothes-203808018.html", "title": "Nvidia\u2019s Show of Financial Force Soothes Jittery Credit Markets", "content_text": "(Bloomberg) -- Nvidia Corp.'s commitments to backstop the artificial intelligence boom seemed to be swelling by the day. There was the reported $250 billion to help kickstart a massive data center for OpenAI in Ohio, the latest in a string of big financings it was involved with. Most Read from Bloomberg Five Takeaways From Zuckerberg's 6,500-Word Manifesto on AI China Unleashes $28 Trillion Capital Markets to Challenge US in AI Nvidia Taps Wall Street for $500 Billion Funding Commitment Apple's Glass-Centric 20th-Anniversary iPhone Remains on Track for 2027 Pakistan Says Deal Is Close Even as Iran, US Harden Stances While the news heartened AI evangelists, it fueled fresh worries in credit markets that the chipmaker was inflating an AI asset bubble with circular financing \u2014 loans to customers that will bring more sales for Nvidia now, but potential pain later if those customers fail. In less than three weeks, a gauge of Nvidia's credit risk nearly doubled. On Monday, Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said he'd enlisted some of the biggest names in finance to reassure investors. The pitch: outside money, sophisticated eyes on deals and Wall Street's stamp of approval. Nvidia cited a coalition of six major investment firms including BlackRock Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. that are lining up more than $500 billion to help fund the AI build-out. The group will independently judge individual deals and their own participation level, while Nvidia's contribution will be relatively limited, and only factor into some deals. There were early signs of relief. On Tuesday, the cost of protecting Nvidia's debt against default dropped and the company's bonds rallied, with risk premiums over Treasuries dropping back to where they were last week. The commitment from some of Wall Street's biggest firms \"is a positive development to take out some of the uncertainty about both infrastructure build-out and customers' future spending,\" said Brett Kozlowski, portfolio manager at GW&K Investment Management in an interview. Surging Derivatives Nvidia is a key player in the $5.5 trillion global race to profit from artificial intelligence. Its powerful computer chips were originally designed for graphics and can perform multiple tasks simultaneously, making the latest generations useful for data centers. Demand for its chips has helped make Nvidia the most valuable publicly traded company in the world, with its market valuation topping $5.2 trillion. But investors have grown concerned about whether the company's customers were too reliant on Nvidia's financial support to pay for chips and data centers that have grown ever-more expensive in recent years. Story Continues In late July, Bloomberg reported that Nvidia was in talks to backstop as much as $250 billion to help OpenAI lease computing power from an Ohio data center hub that a SoftBank Group Corp. unit is developing. It would be among the chipmaker's biggest financing deals with a customer. Nvidia was also in discussions to finance $350 billion of OpenAI's purchases of its chips for the project, people familiar with the situation said at the time. Nvidia also announced a partnership with SK Group that would build more than 2 gigawatts of data centers on the Korean peninsula, part of a tie up with the South Korean business group worth more than half a trillion dollars. That sum is mostly future purchases of memory chips by Nvidia from SK Hynix, Huang later clarified. The latest $500 billion of outside capital isn't tied to the SK deal, Nvidia said. Money managers fretted that the company was taking on what amounted to circular financings: deals that might boost sales now by lending money to data-center customers so they can buy Nvidia chips \u2014 but with potential for losses later on if the AI infrastructure they build doesn't make enough money. Those fears showed up in the market for credit derivatives, where investors can buy a form of insurance that pays out if a company defaults on it", "date_published": "2026-08-11T20:38:08+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Provider-linked mention", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}, {"id": "source:d82beec20f29c472a93ba84a8e2b37fe0151990369b2b4a156e63eb0661dac2b", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/m/480dd356-1341-3256-92ac-f215caf5a64e/financial-giants-jump-amid.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/m/480dd356-1341-3256-92ac-f215caf5a64e/financial-giants-jump-amid.html", "title": "Financial Giants Jump Amid Nvidia AI Funding Deal; 1 Eyes Breakout", "content_text": "Nvidia will work with six leading investment companies, including Apollo Global Management, to secure massive new funding for artificial intelligence infrastructure. APO stock jumped near a buy point on Tuesday, extending Monday's rally along with the other financial stocks. Continue Reading", "date_published": "2026-08-11T20:04:32+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Provider-linked mention", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}, {"id": "source:cdf924c2ba270c8da6b4fbc0abf8f4525d43edd0926cb5ab4868a3dfe343102c", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/does-nvidias-500b-ai-push-183500393.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/does-nvidias-500b-ai-push-183500393.html", "title": "Does NVIDIA's $500B AI Push Open a New Opportunity for Financial ETFs?", "content_text": "Nvidia NVDA announced on Monday that it had entered into memorandums of understanding with Apollo Global Management APO, BlackRock BLK, Blackstone BX, Brookfield BAM, Goldman Sachs GS and KKR KKR to establish financing platforms aimed at supporting its customers, as quoted on CNBC. The chipmaker is advancing its effort to turn AI computing into a new asset class for Wall Street, collaborating with major asset managers on a $500 billion financing push. The initiative seeks to make AI compute infrastructure akin to commercial real estate, toll roads and other assets that can be financed against. As quoted on the abovementioned article, the NVIDIA initiative could unlock more than $500 billion in third-party capital for AI infrastructure, helping hyperscalers, frontier AI labs and enterprises expand data-center capacity and purchase NVIDIA hardware. By connecting its customers with institutional credit, insurance funds and private capital, NVDA is helping shift some of the funding burden away from their balance sheets. Speaking with CNBC, Jensen Huang, NVIDIA's founder and CEO, stated that AI computing is emerging as a new investable asset class, as quoted on the abovementioned article. Huang contended that NVDA's widely adopted and transferable hardware enables lenders to underwrite AI computing as a durable, revenue-generating asset with a long useful life. The chipmaker's efforts seek to turn AI computing capacity into a long-term, financeable asset. However, skeptics remain. How Asset Managers Fit Into the AI Financing Push The AI narrative is increasingly expanding beyond technology to the financing of the infrastructure behind it. NVIDIA's latest financing push highlights the growing role of financial institutions in funding the infrastructure needed to support AI's rapid expansion. The ETFs mentioned below could offer investors exposure to companies positioned to benefit from the broader AI financing boom. Potential beneficiaries include lenders benefiting from growing credit demand, asset managers collecting fees on rising capital deployment, private-credit firms financing AI infrastructure and investment banks and capital-markets firms supporting the financing and structuring of these projects. Huang believes the next phase of AI infrastructure financing will be driven by Wall Street rather than corporate balance sheets, with leading financial institutions playing a central role in funding the industry's expansion, as quoted on another CNBC article. As per the previously mentioned CNBC article, alternative asset managers have been increasingly deploying capital into digital infrastructure, using institutional and insurance capital to finance these projects. Firms like Apollo and Blackstone have already helped finance companies like Anthropic through debt and equity arrangements. Story Continues Larry Fink, BlackRock's CEO, along with executives at Wall Street firms like Blackstone's President Jon Gray and Goldman Sachs's CEO David Solomon, on Monday, stated that AI compute is emerging as a critical asset class that could drive the next phase of global economic expansion. According to Blackstone's Gray, as quoted on the previously mentioned CNBC article, AI compute could eventually be treated as a \"financeable asset class,\" with lenders financing computing infrastructure much as mortgage lenders finance homes. Additionally, BlackRock's Fink described the initiative as the beginning of a \"next future for financial engineering,\" drawing a comparison to the development of mortgage-backed securities in the 1970s. While some funds have already been raised, Fink said BlackRock plans to raise substantially more capital going forward. However, it is important to note that the immediate benefit from NVIDIA's announcement is likely to be concentrated among the financial firms directly involved in the initiative, rather than representing a broad-based tailwind for the entire financial sector. 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BEN has been witnessing steady growth in its assets under management (AUM). Over the last five fiscal years (2021-2025), AUM recorded a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.1%, despite declines in fiscal 2022 and 2025. The growth trend continued in the first nine months of fiscal 2026, with AUM reaching a record $1.79 trillion as of June 30, 2026, up 11.2% year over year. AUM Growth TrendFranklin Resources, Inc. Image Source: Franklin Resources, Inc. A key st", "date_published": "2026-08-11T17:33:00+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Deals and strategy", "F1RA34", "T1RO34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Main company", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "F1RA34", "name": "Franklin Resources, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/4c8efe7e-d8c0-454b-8a36-620fc31ee20f/"}, {"symbol": "T1RO34", "name": "T. 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View Comments", "date_published": "2026-08-11T17:03:26+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Provider-linked mention", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}, {"id": "source:a7c47b69334d5e4d9b6ea1b05211d980458927e72f20a3e1084147e7c1140b35", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/blackrock-blk-stock-may-reasonable-161301092.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/blackrock-blk-stock-may-reasonable-161301092.html", "title": "BlackRock (BLK) Stock May Be Reasonable On AI Infrastructure Push", "content_text": "Find your next quality investment with Simply Wall St's easy and powerful screener, trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. BlackRock stock has delivered a strong 74.9% return over the past 3 years. However, the current checks suggest the share price is no obvious bargain, with the intrinsic value estimate from the Excess Returns model sitting close to the market price while earnings based multiples lean expensive. Over the last 3 years BlackRock has returned 74.9%, which puts more focus on whether today's price still leaves enough room for future gains. Recent moves to finan", "date_published": "2026-08-11T16:13:01+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Main company", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}, {"id": "source:331f3a416cf7cdd0efad5a6d561deb49ea8e4e26b71cbdbe296bc2c1980c1c40", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidia-credit-risk-eases-ceo-160937806.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidia-credit-risk-eases-ceo-160937806.html", "title": "Nvidia Credit Risk Eases After CEO Clarifies $500 Billion Plan", "content_text": "(Bloomberg) -- Bond traders dialed back measures of credit risk associated with Nvidia Corp. on Tuesday after the company said it would limit its exposure in a $500 billion plan to finance the type of artificial-intelligence investments that are driving demand for its computer chips. Most Read from Bloomberg Five Takeaways From Zuckerberg's 6,500-Word Manifesto on AI China Unleashes $28 Trillion Capital Markets to Challenge US in AI Nvidia Taps Wall Street for $500 Billion Funding Commitment Trump Makes Sweeping New Demands on Iran as Deal Hopes Dim Apple's Glass-Centric 20th-Anniversary iPhone Remains on Track for 2027 The yields on Nvidia's 5.625% bonds that mature in 2056 slipped to 113 basis points above comparable Treasuries, a decline of 2 basis points. At the same time, the price of five-year credit default swaps narrowed as much as 5 basis points to 72.11 basis points a year, according to ICE Data Services. The movements show an easing in Wall Street's worries about the financing plan, which underscored how dependent the chipmaker has been on the debt-fueled investment spending of the tech companies that are racing to dominate the AI business. Reports on the funding plan, as well as the initial announcement late Monday, offered few details on its timing and structure, leaving investors scrambling to understand its potential impact on Nvidia, according to traders and money managers. \"Nobody knew what the $500 billion potential financing meant,\" said Sal Naro, chief investment officer of Coherence Credit Strategies. \"Today you have an idea that they're getting everybody involved and that their exposure isn't as serious as investors originally feared.\" In a post on X, Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said the company's support would extend to \"up to 25% of an opportunity, assessed carefully on a project-by-project basis.\" He said \"that support is limited, residual-value based and designed to complement \u2014 not replace \u2014 independent underwriting.\" That clarification eliminated some of the uncertainty associated with the plan, which also involves Apollo Global Management Inc., Blackstone Inc., BlackRock Inc., Brookfield Asset Management, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and KKR & Co. The chipmaker is among tech giants tapping the US investment-grade market at an unprecedented pace to finance AI initiatives, which has fanned periodic fears about the outlook for the company's sales if the big tech companies eventually scale back the scope of their spending. Nvidia has already signed large chip-and-investment deals with several AI companies, raising concerns that such circular agreements are inflating demand for its chips and corporate valuations across the industry. Story Continues Most Read from Bloomberg Businessweek Supercharged by Social Media, the GLP-1 Boom Is Warping Teen Psyches Lululemon Is At War With Itself Canada Stares Down 'Quebexit' Risk ICE Arrests Are Pushing Immigrant Families Deeper Into Poverty With EV Sales Slowing, Hybrid Cars Are Hot Again \u00a92026 Bloomberg L.P. 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NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), the undisputed heavyweight of AI computing, rose roughly 1.3% Tuesday after dropping a monster number on the market: more than $500 billion of potential third-party capital for AI infrastructure. Apollo (NYSE:APO), BlackRock, Blackstone (NYSE:BX), Brookfield, Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and KKR (NYSE:KKR) signed memorandums of understanding to build independent financing platforms around NVIDIA's ecosystem. The message is hard to miss. AI demand may be booming, but somebody still has to finance the factories of compute needed to feed it. NVIDIA wants Wall Street's deepest pockets helping write those checks. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 4 Warning Signs with NVDA. Is NVDA fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. That could be a powerful unlock. Instead of relying mainly on hyperscalers with fortress balance sheets, NVIDIA could open the door wider to AI labs, cloud operators and enterprises that want massive computing capacity but cannotor simply do not want tofund everything themselves. But investors should put a giant asterisk next to that $500 billion headline. This is capital the platforms aim to mobilize, not $500 billion of NVIDIA revenue, orders or guaranteed spending. The money still has to be raised. Projects still have to get financed. Data centers still have to be built. And NVIDIA hardware still has to win its share of those budgets. The opportunity is huge. The conversion into actual revenue is what counts.NVIDIA Stock Rises as $500 Billion AI Financing Machine Takes Shape\u00b7us.finance.gurufocus That is where NVIDIA's 96 out of 100 GF Score makes the story even more interesting. The radar chart is almost screaming strength: profitability and growth sit near the top, financial strength is impressive and momentum remains healthy. Then there is the obvious soft spotGF Value. In other words, the business looks like a machine, but the stock price already demands plenty from that machine. Tuesday's rebound after Monday's 2.9% slide shows exactly what investors are wrestling with. Another gigantic AI opportunity is exciting. But at NVIDIA's valuation, giant promises are not enough. The $500 billion headline gets attention; turning that capital into GPUs, systems, cash flow and durable returns is what can keep the stock moving. 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MINNEAPOLIS, August 11, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Financial advisor Mitchell Edenbaum recently joined the branch channel of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP) in Boca Raton, Fla. from Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. with more than $145 million in client assets. \"I was looking for a firm that is making meaningful investments in innovation, and I immediately saw the positive impact Ameriprise's technology platform could have on my practice,\" said Edenbaum. \"What also stood out was the firm's clear commitment to helping advisors grow and deliver outstanding client service. From my first conversations with senior leadership, it was evident that Ameriprise is focused on the long-term success of its advisors.\" Edenbaum highlighted three factors that influenced his decision to join Ameriprise: Advanced Technology: \"Ameriprise continuously invests in innovative technology and AI capabilities that enhance both the advisor and client experience. These tools will help me work more efficiently and create additional value for clients.\" Commitment to Advisors: \"The firm's supportive culture stood out throughout my evaluation process. Ameriprise provides advisors with the resources, support and guidance needed to build strong, sustainable practices.\" Strong Leadership: \"I was impressed by the quality and vision of Ameriprise senior leadership. Their focus on empowering advisors gives me confidence in the future of my practice.\" \"The transition experience has exceeded my expectations, and my clients have been highly receptive to the move,\" Edenbaum added. \"I'm excited about this next chapter and look forward to leveraging the firm's capabilities to continue delivering exceptional service while growing my business.\" Edenbaum is supported locally by Ameriprise Branch Manager Drew Granauro, Ameriprise Complex Director Dan Landrau and Ameriprise Regional Vice President Mike Rearden. Ameriprise has continued to attract experienced, productive financial advisors, with approximately 1,700 joining the firm in the last 5 years.1 To find out why experienced financial advisors are joining Ameriprise, visit ameriprise.com/why. About the Ameriprise Ultimate Advisor Partnership The Ameriprise Ultimate Advisor Partnership offers a differentiated experience for advisors that helps them accelerate growth while delivering an excellent client experience. Combined with the company's culture of support and independence, the Ultimate Advisor Partnership enables advisors to scale their businesses, deepen client relationships and drive referrals for future growth. Story Continues About Ameriprise Financial At Ameriprise Financial, we have been helping people feel confident about their financial future for more than 130 years2. 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The company said Monday it is collaborating with Apollo (APO), Silver Upgrade to read this MT Newswires article and get so much more. A Silver or Gold subscription plan is required to access premium news articles. 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BlackRock doubled its LCID stake to a record 12 million shares and raised RIVN to 56 million, signaling a rotation away from Chinese EV names. NIO's July deliveries surged 71% year over year to 35,934 vehicles, but strong fundamentals failed to offset the institutional positioning headline. Act now: the analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks \u2014 and Tesla didn't make the cut. Grab the names FREE today. Shares of Nio (NYSE:NIO) are down", "date_published": "2026-08-11T14:44:39+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Earnings", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Main company", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}, {"id": "source:74ae297be780effa12d7ac0e5ef837a311447d23370b52f99bc01126e2134192", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/m/480dd356-1341-3256-92ac-f215caf5a64e/nvidia-confirms-%24500-bil-ai.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/m/480dd356-1341-3256-92ac-f215caf5a64e/nvidia-confirms-%24500-bil-ai.html", "title": "Nvidia Confirms $500 Bil AI Funding Deal. These Stocks Jump.", "content_text": "Nvidia confirmed late Monday that it will work with six of the world's largest financial companies to secure $500 billion in funding for artificial intelligence infrastructure. The financial stocks jumped on Tuesday. Continue Reading", "date_published": "2026-08-11T14:38:29+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Provider-linked mention", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}, {"id": "source:eb629c29b13aba7b106c9077061ff1863f287db27f77299c4dd6a55db453f4c3", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidia-nvda-going-beyond-gpus-135353236.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidia-nvda-going-beyond-gpus-135353236.html", "title": "Nvidia (NVDA) Is Going Beyond GPUs in the $500 Billion AI Boom, Wells Fargo Says", "content_text": "NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) just partnered with six major financial institutions on a $500 billion financing push for artificial intelligence infrastructure. The chipmaker said on Monday that it has signed memorandums of understanding with Apollo Global Management, Blackstone, BlackRock, Brookfield Asset Management, Goldman Sachs, and KKR to establish independent computing financing platforms for Nvidia's customers. Marking a major milestone for Nvidia and the AI industry, Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang noted how the move will help bring the \"world's leading long-term capital providers together to independently underwrite AI infrastructure.\" Major technology companies continue to ramp up AI investment, with total spending expected to surpass $730 billion this year. Following the news, Wells Fargo analyst Aaron Rakers reiterated an Overweight rating on the stock with a $315.00 price target. The Wall Street firm sees the financial partnership as proof that Nvidia is playing a bigger role in AI infrastructure build outs. However, the bigger story may extend well beyond another bullish analyst call. The Partnership Could Tackle the Financial Aspect Big tech has been spending hundreds of billions to fund the AI boom, while growing financial needs has turned Wall Street skeptical regarding the returns these investments will ultimately generate. No wonder Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) also recently announced a venture with asset \u200cmanager BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) to develop and operate a one gigawatt data center campus in El Paso, Texas. The Meta-BlackRock deal aims to ease some of Meta's funding pressures, similar to what Nvidia is trying to achieve with its recent financing effort. According to Wells Fargo, the new platforms would help Nvidia in long-duration financing tied to revenue, as well as sharing and usage, helping mobilize over $500 billion of 3rd-party capital for AI infrastructure build outs. Why is this distinction important? Simply because Nvidia isn't committing its own $500 billion but bringing large pools of institutional money into AI infrastructure. These financing platforms will not only enable customers to access compute resources at scale, but may potentially help Nvidia develop an evolving recurring revenue model. The Bigger Picture The Nvidia partnership isn't entirely risk free, and comes with its own financial and market hazards. Jim Zelter, Apollo Global Management President, has noted that the AI investment cycle will likely experience \"excesses\" and \"pullbacks.\" Goldman Sachs CEO has also warned that some major companies may ultimately fail to live up to expectations. Story Continues The risk becomes noticeable considering Nvidia has the option to backstop 25% of each loan made through the program. This may expose its balance sheet to contingent liabilities, circular financing concerns, and even default exposure. Famed short-seller Michael Burry has also echoed some of the skepticism, arguing late last year how big tech companies may be extending the useful lives of AI hardware and therefore understating depreciation expenses. What the Hedge Fund Numbers Say Nvidia Corporation remains widely held among hedge funds. According to Insider Monkey's database, 275 hedge funds held stakes in NVDA, up from 264 in the previous quarter. Mega-cap peer Meta Platforms Inc. who is also heavily investing in AI infrastructure is slightly behind yet maintains substantial exposure with 262 hedge fund holdings, up from 256 in the prior quarter. The numbers suggest that despite growing concerns about the returns on massive AI spending, hedge funds continue to maintain substantial exposure to the companies positioned at different ends of the AI buildout. Overall, Nvidia's financing push is helping expand its role well beyond selling GPUs. However, investors need to watch if the AI chipmaker can eventually support a recurring revenue model. While we acknowledge the potential of NVDA as an investment, we beli", "date_published": "2026-08-11T13:53:53+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Provider-linked mention", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}, {"id": "source:4f28fd96d35e0cf90318d1f87976bf9cad21eab93799dc875a145eba04bc7380", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/wins-most-nvidia-500-billion-133032066.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/wins-most-nvidia-500-billion-133032066.html", "title": "Who wins most in NVIDIA\u2019s $500 billion private capital deal?", "content_text": "Investing.com -- NVIDIA's deal to mobilize over $500 billion in third-party capital with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR reframes how AI factories are built and financed. By turning GPU compute into a standardized, investable asset class, NVIDIA addresses severe liquidity bottlenecks. However, the financial rewards and structural advantages flow to specific winners across the AI and financial ecosystems. 1. NVIDIA: Offloading Debt to Safeguard Free Cash Flow NVIDIA emerges as the primary strategic winner because the framework shifts lending risk entirely off its balance sheet. Under prior arrangements, NVIDIA acted simultaneously as a hardware supplier and debt guarantor\u2014including an initial ~$100 billion OpenAI commitment backed by an estimated $250 billion guarantee. That structure raised intense \"circularity\" concerns that NVIDIA was effectively funding its own demand. BofA analyst Vivek Arya reiterates a Buy rating ($320 price target), plain-spokenly noting: \"The burden sits with the consortium, not NVDA's balance sheet. NVDA guarantees asset quality, not the debt, turning the bear's depreciation worry into the enabling feature.\" BofA estimates NVIDIA's prior vendor-financing exposure at roughly 15% of its ~$470 billion in projected free cash flow (FCF) over 2026 and 2027. Shifting that load to private capital frees up NVIDIA's massive FCF for aggressive stock buybacks. Consensus models project NVDA buybacks at ~$73 billion in 2026 and ~$106 billion in 2027\u2014only 36% to 37% of FCF compared to NVIDIA's pledge to return over 50%. Wells Fargo analyst Aaron Rakers (Overweight rating, $315 price target) highlights that NVIDIA is orchestrating something far bigger than chip sales: \"We see this as yet another example of how NVDA is playing a much bigger game than just a supplier in AI infra build-outs,\" citing NVIDIA's press framing that it is \"helping create a new class of productive, investable infrastructure: AI Factories.\" Because CUDA software continually extends GPU lifespan and keeps compute fungible across operators, rental yields remain elevated and depreciation curves stay benign. With BofA estimating NVIDIA holds 65% to 70% of a projected $1.7 trillion CY2030 AI systems TAM, this $500 billion financing pool serves as an early enabler of a massive long-term expansion. 2. Neoclouds & Power Operators: Lowering the Cost of Capital Neocloud operators CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV) and Nebius (NASDAQ: NBIS) represent the most direct public-market beneficiaries. Both saw immediate stock gains following the announcement\u2014CoreWeave rose 1.6% and Nebius jumped 2.6%. Story Continues As non-investment-grade borrowers, neoclouds face high borrowing costs when trying to buy tens of thousands of expensive GPUs. Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Vasu Kasibhotla notes that private capital backing \"can ease financing constraints for CoreWeave, Nebius and other neocloud and power-site operators.\" Kasibhotla adds that \"for CoreWeave, cheaper and deeper credit can ease funding pressure from its heavy capital-spending plan. For Nebius, greater capital availability would strengthen the funding base for expansion.\" Access to deeper, cheaper credit enables these operators to secure scarce power sites and expand data center capacity faster without diluting equity. 3. The Private Capital Consortium: A High-Yield Tech Credit Market The six private equity and asset management giants\u2014Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR\u2014gain access to a lucrative, scalable yield platform. Institutional investors have long searched for large-scale, yield-generating real assets tied to digital transformation. By structuring AI data centers as an asset-backed credit class with usage-linked revenue-sharing mechanisms, these mega-firms can deploy institutional capital into long-duration, high-yield technology real estate. 4. Secondary Beneficiaries: Memory & Optical Supply Chains If the $500 billion capital pool succes", "date_published": "2026-08-11T13:30:32+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Provider-linked mention", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}, {"id": "source:f29aa25d3ef9a6ce50a191bd82e6284cb207376396d13dfa0c6c0f2fcb594c8c", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidias-500-billion-ai-plan-125827950.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidias-500-billion-ai-plan-125827950.html", "title": "Nvidia's $500 Billion AI Plan Gets Wall Street Backing", "content_text": "This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Nvidia Corp. (NVDA, Financials), the leading provider of artificial intelligence chips, is in discussions with some of Wall Street's top firms on a strategy that may free up more than $500 billion for the next phase of the AI buildout.Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Blackstone, KKR, Apollo, and Brookfield are among the companies involved. The notion is simple but potentially big: think of AI data centers and computing systems as revenue-generating infrastructure that can be financed much like other long-lived assets.That could matter if Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and others spend huge amounts on data centers and resort more to loan and equity markets for funding.Nvidia also might underwrite up to 25% of qualifying loans, potentially helping clients get better financing. Borrowers would utilize Nvidia-approved designs for the systems, which may be transferred to another operator if necessary.That might free up one of the main restraints on future demand for Nvidia chips: access to funding. The worry is Wall Street is subsidizing capacity faster than AI economics can ultimately support. But for now, Huang is trying to make sure money doesn't become a bottleneck. View Comments", "date_published": "2026-08-11T12:58:27+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Provider-linked mention", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}, {"id": "source:f6f40f10dbdc6d638126139fdf686681fb59a2f9793730fe95802daef29742cd", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidia-wants-chips-wall-streets-123050728.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidia-wants-chips-wall-streets-123050728.html", "title": "Nvidia Wants to Make Its Chips Wall Street's Newest Asset Class", "content_text": "This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) announced it will work with six Wall Street firms to mobilize more than $500 billion of third-party capital for AI infrastructure. Apollo (NYSE:APO), Blackstone (NYSE:BX), BlackRock (NYSE:BLK), Brookfield (NYSE:BAM), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), and KKR (NYSE:KKR) are the partners, and Nvidia said the firms will create dedicated capital pools to finance its AI ambitions at attractive rates for its customers. Nvidia shares are up 0.51% premarket despite losing roughly $60 billion in market cap following the reports. The scale is enormous, but so is the concern behind the drop. The arrangement deepens what critics call circular financing: Nvidia helps fund the customers who buy its chips, which in turn lifts its own revenue. The structure has drawn scrutiny over concentrated risk as AI spending balloons. Morgan Stanley projects the largest cloud companies will spend $3.5 trillion on AI infrastructure between 2026 and 2028. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang framed the move as something lenders can borrow against. Huang told CNBC it was the first time computer chips had become \"an investable asset class,\" describing them as revenue-generating and long-lived rather than fast-depreciating hardware. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink compared the effort to the birth of mortgage-backed securities in the 1970s, calling it the next chapter of financial engineering. View Comments", "date_published": "2026-08-11T12:30:50+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Provider-linked mention", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}, {"id": "source:6c06646b02b294dd5b2a81581d0c557b29d5f25b80ddacf4fa5a9dbfc5b194ba", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidia-stock-investors-just-got-122927257.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidia-stock-investors-just-got-122927257.html", "title": "Nvidia Stock Investors Just Got Major $500 Billion News", "content_text": "This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) is working with six major financial institutions on financing vehicles designed to mobilize more than $500 billion for artificial intelligence infrastructure, according to reports. The chipmaker signed memorandums of understanding with Apollo Global Management, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR. The initiative is intended to give AI developers, cloud providers, governments and enterprises broader access to financing for Nvidia-based computing infrastructure. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 4 Warning Signs with NVDA. Is NVDA fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company could provide up to $125 billion in backstop support, equivalent to 25% of the potential financing. The company did not disclose individual investment commitments, financial terms or a schedule for deploying the capital. The effort comes as spending on AI infrastructure continues to expand. Major technology companies are expected to spend more than $730 billion this year, increasing demand for data centers and advanced computing capacity. For Nvidia, the financing structure could help customers secure the capital needed to deploy its systems while bringing institutional investors further into the AI infrastructure market. 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Sign in", "date_published": "2026-08-11T11:16:44+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Provider-linked mention", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}, {"id": "source:4c7771cee7dcf8003c988ce88c3dff5e03a5aac8c207c8ede47518099802b5c5", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/ishares-msci-usa-small-cap-102002189.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/ishares-msci-usa-small-cap-102002189.html", "title": "Should iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Min Vol Factor ETF (SMMV) Be on Your Investing Radar?", "content_text": "Designed to provide broad exposure to the Small Cap Blend segment of the US equity market, the iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Min Vol Factor ETF (SMMV) is a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on September 7, 2016. The fund is sponsored by Blackrock. It has amassed assets over $290.56 million, making it one of the average sized ETFs attempting to match the Small Cap Blend segment of the US equity market. Why Small Cap Blend Sitting at a market capitalization below $2 billion, small cap companies tend to be high-potential stocks compared to its large and mid cap counterparts, but come with higher risk. Blend ETFs usually hold a mix of growth and value stocks as well as stocks that exhibit both value and growth characteristics. Costs Expense ratios are an important factor in the return of an ETF and in the long term, cheaper funds can significantly outperform their more expensive counterparts, other things remaining the same. Annual operating expenses for this ETF are 0.2%, putting it on par with most peer products in the space. It has a 12-month trailing dividend yield of 1.65%. Sector Exposure and Top Holdings It is important to delve into an ETF's holdings before investing despite the many upsides to these kinds of funds like diversified exposure, which minimizes single stock risk. And, most ETFs are very transparent products that disclose their holdings on a daily basis. This ETF has heaviest allocation to the Healthcare sector -- about 17.8% of the portfolio. Industrials and Information Technology round out the top three. Looking at individual holdings, Pinnacle West Corp (PNW) accounts for about 1.53% of total assets, followed by Agree Realty Reit Corp (ADC) and Omega Healthcare Investors Reit In (OHI). Performance and Risk SMMV seeks to match the performance of the MSCI USA Small Cap Minimum Volatility (USD) Index before fees and expenses. The MSCI USA Small Cap Minimum Volatility (USD) Index comprises of small-capitalization U.S. equities that, in the aggregate, have lower volatility characteristics relative to the small-capitalization U.S. equity market. The ETF return is roughly 9.84% so far this year and it's up approximately 15.02% in the last one year (as of 08/11/2026). In the past 52-week period, it has traded between $41.91 and $47.54. The ETF has a beta of 0.60 and standard deviation of 11.89% for the trailing three-year period. With about 369 holdings, it effectively diversifies company-specific risk. Alternatives iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Min Vol Factor ETF carries a Zacks ETF Rank of 3 (Hold), which is based on expected asset class return, expense ratio, and momentum, among other factors. Thus, SMMV is a reasonable option for those seeking exposure to the Style Box - Small Cap Blend area of the market. Investors might also want to consider some other ETF options in the space. Story Continues The Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (VB) and the iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (IJR) track a similar index. While Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF has $82.56 billion in assets, iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has $111.76 billion. VB has an expense ratio of 0.03% and IJR charges 0.06%. Bottom-Line Retail and institutional investors increasingly turn to passively managed ETFs because they offer low costs, transparency, flexibility, and tax efficiency; these kind of funds are also excellent vehicles for long term investors. To learn more about this product and other ETFs, screen for products that match your investment objectives and read articles on latest developments in the ETF investing universe, please visit Zacks ETF Center. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Min Vol Factor ETF (SMMV): ETF Research Reports This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research (zacks.com). Zacks Investment Research View Comments", "date_published": "2026-08-11T10:20:02+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Provider-linked mention", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}, {"id": "source:114da19e38aed3990f8cd0bb84368132b43a59686450522df542579f2eb72bad", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/energy/articles/invest-ishares-u-oil-equipment-102002154.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/energy/articles/invest-ishares-u-oil-equipment-102002154.html", "title": "Should You Invest in the iShares U.S. Oil Equipment & Services ETF (IEZ)?", "content_text": "If you're interested in broad exposure to the Energy - Equipment and services segment of the equity market, look no further than the iShares U.S. Oil Equipment & Services ETF (IEZ), a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on May 1, 2006. Passively managed ETFs are becoming increasingly popular with institutional as well as retail investors due to their low cost, transparency, flexibility and tax efficiency. They are excellent vehicles for long term investors. Sector ETFs are also funds of convenience, offering many ways to gain low risk and diversified exposure to a broad group of companies in particular sectors. Energy - Equipment and services is one of the 16 broad Zacks sectors within the Zacks Industry classification. It is currently ranked 13, placing it in bottom 19%. Index Details The fund is sponsored by Blackrock. It has amassed assets over $382.74 million, making it one of the average sized ETFs attempting to match the performance of the Energy - Equipment and services segment of the equity market. IEZ seeks to match the performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Oil Equipment & Services Index before fees and expenses. The Dow Jones U.S. Select Oil Equipment & Services Index comprises of U.S. equities in the oil equipment and services sector. Costs Investors should also pay attention to an ETF's expense ratio. Lower cost products will produce better results than those with a higher cost, assuming all other metrics remain the same. Annual operating expenses for this ETF are 0.38%, making it one of the cheaper products in the space. It has a 12-month trailing dividend yield of 1.16%. Sector Exposure and Top Holdings ETFs offer a diversified exposure and thus minimize single stock risk but it is still important to delve into a fund's holdings before investing. Most ETFs are very transparent products and many disclose their holdings on a daily basis. This ETF has heaviest allocation in the Energy sector -- about 100% of the portfolio. Looking at individual holdings, Baker Hughes Class A (BKR) accounts for about 22.6% of total assets, followed by Slb Nv (SLB) and Technipfmc Plc (FTI). The top 10 holdings account for about 73.6% of total assets under management. Performance and Risk Year-to-date, the iShares U.S. Oil Equipment & Services ETF return is roughly 42.4% so far, and was up about 69.97% over the last 12 months (as of 08/11/2026). IEZ has traded between $17.59 and $32.54 in this past 52-week period. The ETF has a beta of 0.91 and standard deviation of 30.08% for the trailing three-year period, making it a high risk choice in the space. With about 35 holdings, it has more concentrated exposure than peers. Story Continues Alternatives iShares U.S. Oil Equipment & Services ETF holds a Zacks ETF Rank of 2 (Buy), which is based on expected asset class return, expense ratio, and momentum, among other factors. Because of this, IEZ is an excellent option for investors seeking exposure to the Energy ETFs segment of the market. There are other additional ETFs in the space that investors could consider as well. State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services ETF (XES) tracks S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services Select Industry Index and the VanEck Oil Services ETF (OIH) tracks MVIS U.S. Listed Oil Services 25 Index. State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services ETF has $384.69 million in assets, VanEck Oil Services ETF has $1.95 billion. XES has an expense ratio of 0.35%, and OIH charges 0.35%. Bottom Line To learn more about this product and other ETFs, screen for products that match your investment objectives and read articles on latest developments in the ETF investing universe, please visit Zacks ETF Center. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report iShares U.S. Oil Equipment & Services ETF (IEZ): ETF Research Reports This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research (zacks.com). ", "date_published": "2026-08-11T10:20:02+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Provider-linked mention", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}, {"id": "source:a8af7bc18abf9141869fe0d6c6faeb010e2ab5363839bc98c555517adc6e2480", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/invest-ishares-u-infrastructure-etf-102002438.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/invest-ishares-u-infrastructure-etf-102002438.html", "title": "Should You Invest in the iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF (IFRA)?", "content_text": "If you're interested in broad exposure to the Utilities - Infrastructure segment of the equity market, look no further than the iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF (IFRA), a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on April 3, 2018. Passively managed ETFs are becoming increasingly popular with institutional as well as retail investors due to their low cost, transparency, flexibility and tax efficiency. They are excellent vehicles for long term investors. Sector ETFs also provide investors access to a broad group of companies in particular sectors that offer low risk and diversified exposure. Utilities - Infrastructure is one of the 16 broad Zacks sectors within the Zacks Industry classification. It is currently ranked 14, placing it in bottom 13%. Index Details The fund is sponsored by Blackrock. It has amassed assets over $4.58 billion, making it one of the larger ETFs attempting to match the performance of the Utilities - Infrastructure segment of the equity market. IFRA seeks to match the performance of the NYSE FACTSET U.S. INFRASTRUCTURE INDEX before fees and expenses. The NYSE FactSet U.S. Infrastructure Index comprises of equities of U.S. companies that have infrastructure exposure and that could benefit from a potential increase in domestic infrastructure activities. Costs Cost is an important factor in selecting the right ETF, and cheaper funds can significantly outperform their more expensive counterparts if all other fundamentals are the same. Annual operating expenses for this ETF are 0.3%, making it one of the least expensive products in the space. It has a 12-month trailing dividend yield of 1.6%. Sector Exposure and Top Holdings ETFs offer a diversified exposure and thus minimize single stock risk but it is still important to delve into a fund's holdings before investing. Most ETFs are very transparent products and many disclose their holdings on a daily basis. This ETF has heaviest allocation in the Utilities sector -- about 40.9% of the portfolio. Industrials and Materials round out the top three. Looking at individual holdings, Caterpillar Inc (CAT) accounts for about 4.17% of total assets, followed by Union Pacific Corp (UNP) and Nextera Energy Inc (NEE). The top 10 holdings account for about 24.89% of total assets under management. Performance and Risk The ETF has added roughly 16.36% and it's up approximately 21.42% so far this year and in the past one year (as of 08/11/2026), respectively. IFRA has traded between $50.77 and $64.07 during this last 52-week period. Story Continues The ETF has a beta of 0.95 and standard deviation of 16.36% for the trailing three-year period. With about 168 holdings, it effectively diversifies company-specific risk. Alternatives iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF holds a Zacks ETF Rank of 2 (Buy), which is based on expected asset class return, expense ratio, and momentum, among other factors. Because of this, IFRA is an excellent option for investors seeking exposure to the Utilities/Infrastructure ETFs segment of the market. There are other additional ETFs in the space that investors could consider as well. First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure ETF (GRID) tracks NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index and the Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF (PAVE) tracks INDXX U.S. Infrastructure Development Index. First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure ETF has $12.09 billion in assets, Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF has $14.29 billion. GRID has an expense ratio of 0.56%, and PAVE charges 0.47%. Bottom Line To learn more about this product and other ETFs, screen for products that match your investment objectives and read articles on latest developments in the ETF investing universe, please visit Zacks ETF Center. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF (IFRA): ETF Research", "date_published": "2026-08-11T10:20:02+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Provider-linked mention", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}, {"id": "source:ab8eca152d1491ee60051c28a32f474b0d760ff4d5bc924943533635be81111f", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/larry-fink-says-americans-retirement-101500090.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/larry-fink-says-americans-retirement-101500090.html", "title": "Larry Fink says Americans\u2019 retirement savings need to fund $10 trillion AI infrastructure demands. Protect your wealth", "content_text": "Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. Tech giants are expected to spend trillions of dollars on AI infrastructure in the coming years as they race to build the data centers, chips and energy capacity needed to support artificial intelligence. McKinsey previously estimated that AI-related data center infrastructure could require up to $7 trillion in investment by 2030 (1). That's more than the size of Germany and Spain's GDP combined, per World Bank data (2). Must Read Jeff Bezos backs a platform that lets anyone invest in rental homes for as little as $100 \u2014 6 ways to build wealth like a landlord without actually being one JPMorgan still sees gold hitting $5,000/oz by Q4 \u2014 and savvy investors are protecting their wealth with a tax-advantaged Gold IRA. Learn more with a free guide from Priority Gold The tax breaks in Trump's 'big beautiful bill' expire after 2028 \u2014 and experts say most people won't act in time. What to do before the window closes The question is: Where will all that money come from? BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) CEO Larry Fink believes ordinary Americans could help provide some of that capital \u2014 not by writing checks themselves, but through the retirement accounts and investments that own stakes in the companies leading the AI race. \"If we can get more and more Americans to think about growing with the United States, we will have far [more] than enough money to invest in this infrastructure,\" Fink said earlier this year at Texas State Technical College in Waco alongside Texas Governor Greg Abbott (3). At the time, Fink estimated the nationwide buildout of data centers and energy infrastructure could total $10 trillion over the next 10 years. Since then, the AI arms race has only picked up speed. Tech giants are spending tens of billions of dollars to build the data centers, buy the chips and secure the electricity needed to power the next generation of AI. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Meta (NASDAQ: META) are among the companies leading that charge \u2014 and their massive AI investments are one reason so many investors' portfolios are increasingly tied to the success of this technology. Here's how some of your retirement funds are already exposed to this colossal spending spree on a technology that could reshape the way millions of people work. Ordinary Americans are exposed to the AI boom Your 401(k) plan is likely exposed to the AI boom, even if you're not aware of it. Story Continues That's because a growing number of workers and savers have turned to passively investing in index funds in recent years, even as tech giants have become a larger part of these indexes. As of April 2026, Americans collectively had $20.82 trillion invested in index mutual funds and ETFs, according to the Investment Company Institute (4). But there's a catch: Many of these supposedly diversified funds have become increasingly concentrated in a handful of mega-cap technology companies. At the end of 2025, 41% of the S&P 500's market cap was concentrated in just the top 10 stocks, including familiar names like Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), according to RBC Wealth Management (5). These tech giants are leading the data center and utility spending spree. \"America is now one big bet on AI,\" Ruchir Sharma wrote in the Financial Times (6). \"AI better deliver for the U.S., or its economy and markets will lose the one leg they are now standing on.\" As one of the largest index fund providers (7) in the country, BlackRock has a front-row seat to this concentrated bet on AI. This is why Larry Fink's comments are worth your attention. If the thought of your retirement savings being increasingly tied to the success of this one industry makes you uneasy, there are ways to protect yourself. Read More: Millionaires under 43 hold only 25% of their wealth in stocks. Here's where their money is actually going Protect your wealth now Wit", "date_published": "2026-08-11T10:15:00+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Market update", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Provider-linked mention", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}, {"id": "source:60c8473a342c59a06c23989bb2223f2b2a9f6dbc77b485836fe764ed8aa9e234", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/blackrock-reveals-bitcoin-investors-feel-100000592.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/blackrock-reveals-bitcoin-investors-feel-100000592.html", "title": "BlackRock reveals what Bitcoin investors feel right now", "content_text": "BlackRock's head of digital assets, Robert Mitchnick, appeared for an interview on Bloomberg on Aug. 10 in which he shared strong words on the sentiment prevalent among Bitcoin investors right now. BlackRock launched iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), its spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States, in January 2024. Since then, the fund has maintained its position as the largest Bitcoin ETF despite the ups and downs. As per SoSoValue, IBIT holds net assets worth $48.51 billion as of Aug. 7. Related: BlackRock CEO calls Bitcoin stronger after leverage reset Mitchnick sees noticeable", "date_published": "2026-08-11T10:00:00+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Balance sheet", "BLAK34"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Brazil", "coverage": "Main company", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "BLAK34", "name": "BlackRock, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/01170ecc-598c-4b58-81ae-d3888c56991b/"}]}}]}