πŸ“‰ Investors are increasing downside protection in Big Tech.

The value of debt being insured via credit default swaps (CDS) on major tech firms has climbed to ~$10B, with net notional up ~400% from $2.2B just 13 months ago.

CDS exposure by company:
β€’ Oracle ($ORCL): ~$6.0B
β€’ Amazon ($AMZN): ~$1.7B
β€’ Alphabet ($GOOGL): ~$895M
β€’ Meta ($META): ~$687M
β€’ Microsoft ($MSFT): ~$521M
β€’ Nvidia ($NVDA): ~$220M

A year ago, CDS markets for several of these names were minimal or non-existent.

Demand for hedging in mega-cap tech is rising. πŸ“Š
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