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+3 Priya Raman BlackRock backing this kind of scale in Asia data centers makes sense given the cloud growth out there.+3 Derek Foss Vanguard already settled similar claims, so BlackRock and State Street deserve the same scrutiny on affordability.+9 Marcus Bell Anthropic rushing out their version right after OpenAI's suggests the finance AI race is heating up fast.
+6 Sam Okafor The 600 million dollar repurchase plan combined with similar trends at HLEND suggests private credit outflows are finally starting to stabilize.+5 Sam Okafor Yields that high often signal bigger risks like NAV erosion over time, so I'd research the holdings first.+10 Priya Raman BlackRock's affiliate backing African oil infrastructure at this level should draw more serious money into the sector.
Short Interest Falls Across Five Stocks x/lucid-inc — Sep 9, 2026 Five stocks—Replimune Group, Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Frontier Group Holdings, Lucid Group, and indie Semiconductor—showed notable declines in short interest on August 14, with short floats at 43.08%, 34.79%, 39.54%, 41.01%, and 32.43% respectively and days-to-cover ranging from about 6 to 13.37. In parallel, institutional activity shifted across these names, with large players like BlackRock, State Street, UBS, and others increasing or decreasing stakes, and insider trading across the period mostly involving sales rather than purchases. +1141 Blackstone, Partners Near $500B AI Infrastructure Financing x/nvidia-corp — Aug 10, 2026 A coalition including Blackstone, BlackRock, NVIDIA, Apollo, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR is launching multi-firm AI infrastructure financing platforms to mobilize over $500 billion in capital for data centers, chips, and power worldwide, underscoring a major shift in how AI buildouts are funded. The development is driving investor interest and stock activity in Blackstone and related firms, with earnings signals and institutional moves shaping the ongoing momentum in the AI infrastructure theme.
