Big Tech’s $25 Billion Mega Bond Sales Are Pushing Market Limits

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Big tech companies have increasingly been issuing mega bond sales exceeding $25 billion as a common financing strategy, particularly to support artificial intelligence expansion. Amazon’s recent $25 billion bond sale marks the seventh such large offering by technology firms this year.

Once a rare event reserved for historic mega-acquisitions, the jumbo bond sale is increasingly becoming the tech sector’s go-to financing tool. Debt offerings of $25 billion or more have quickly shifted into a baseline for tech giants funding their artificial intelligence expansion, with Amazon.com Inc.’s sale on Tuesday marking the seventh time this year alone a technology company has reached that threshold in a single shot.  Vishal Khanduja, Head of Broad Markets Fixed Income at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, discusses how the bond market is pricing in these offerings. (Source: Bloomberg)