Forced Selling Accelerates
−2.9%
A more adverse scenario is that hedge-fund deleveraging becomes self-reinforcing as volatility targets, VaR limits and margin discipline force additional selling. This would broaden the AI rout into finance, cyclicals and risk assets, though still short of a systemic crisis.
What it moves
- Technology−4.1%
- Finance−2.4%
- Riskier companies' borrowing costs
- Market volatility
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