• Sygnia remains overweight global and South African equities despite rising AI investment risks and persistent oil-driven inflation.
• AI-related GPU providers and memory makers fell 20%-40% in October as investors questioned returns on massive capital spending.
• GPU rental prices rose 40% year to date amid computing shortages; hyperscaler cloud backlogs approached $2.4 trillion in September 2026.
• The IMF identified AI-driven market corrections, rising sovereign bond yields and cyber threats as risks that could tighten financial conditions.
• Global bonds remain underweight pending lower oil prices or slower nominal growth; South African bonds retain an overweight allocation.

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