GRO MONEY NEWS

Teresa Grobecker

GRO MONEY NEWS brings quick, clear insights on real estate and financial markets. In under 10 minutes, Teresa Grobecker covers capital markets, mortgage rates, housing trends, Fed policy, crypto and digital assets, and economic shifts to keep you ahead.

  1. 2d ago

    🚨 AI DIDN’T BREAK. THE CAPITAL STACK DID.

    AI demand is still screaming. Credit markets have simply decided that enormous demand does not give borrowers a free pass on leverage. 🔥 PPI jumped 1.3% in September and 6.3% year over year. 📉 CoreWeave bonds are trading at yields around 15% plus, even while the company points to roughly $104B of committed revenue backlog. 💻 TSMC just reported roughly $46.7B of quarterly revenue and nearly $24B of profit, with management still extremely bullish on AI demand. 🏦 Meanwhile, Liberty Mutual and Elda River are targeting $500M of senior energy and infrastructure credit, exactly the kind of institutional capital AI infrastructure borrowers increasingly want access to. 🏠 Mortgage rates remain around 7.45% for the thirty year fixed, purchase applications fell 4% last week, and adjustable rate mortgages now represent 10.5% of applications. 🏢 In CRE, the CMBS special servicing rate just hit 11.49%, its highest level since 2013. 💰 And private capital is still buying. EQT is acquiring Stockbridge, while GTCR and Elliott announced a $6.1B acquisition of CCC Intelligent Solutions. The takeaway is simple: AI infrastructure is not failing. The market is getting more sophisticated about who should own it, who should finance it, and what the collateral and contracts are actually worth. Cheap money rewards narratives. Expensive money rewards underwriting. Until tomorrow, be the best human you can be.~ Teresa Grobecker Sign up for the daily newsletter on LinkedIn.Read on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7354236980961886208Listen to GRO MONEY NEWS https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gro-money-news/id1833953369

  2. 4d ago

    💥 AI HAS PLENTY OF BELIEVERS. IT IS RUNNING SHORT OF BUYERS AT THE ASKING PRICE.

    An Australian AI infrastructure company just scrapped a proposed multibillion-dollar IPO. Meanwhile, hundreds of millions of dollars are being committed to private real assets, institutional buyers are acquiring leased industrial properties, and the semiconductor trade is getting absolutely hammered in Asia. Welcome to Tuesday's capital markets. 📉 ASIA: South Korea's Kospi plunged approximately 7.4% during Tuesday's session as semiconductor shares sold off. 💰 PRIVATE CAPITAL: Apogem Capital announced $472 million in aggregate real assets fund and co-investment commitments. 🏢 REAL ESTATE: Link Logistics confirmed its acquisition of a 550,992-square-foot North Carolina industrial facility, fully leased to an investment-grade tenant. 🧠 M&A: IonQ agreed to acquire cybersecurity company Elisity in a transaction valued at up to $1.3 billion. 📈 RATES: The 10-year Treasury last stood at 5.24%, while Freddie Mac's latest 30-year mortgage average reached 7.40%. ⚡ THE BIG LESSON: AI infrastructure is not automatically bankable because everybody wants compute. Investors still want enforceable contracts, credible counterparties, power availability, and cash flow. My take: The next big winners in infrastructure will not necessarily be the companies promising the most capacity. They will be the ones that can actually finance, construct, and deliver it. In today's GRO MONEY NEWS, we're breaking down the market signals, transactions, and financing structures that institutional investors need to understand. 🎙️ Listen, share, and tag somebody who needs a sharper perspective on where capital is moving. Until tomorrow, be the best human you can be.~ Teresa Grobecker Sign up for the daily newsletter on LinkedIn. Read on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7354236980961886208 Listen to GRO MONEY NEWS https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gro-money-news/id1833953369

  3. Oct 8

    ⚡ AI POWER JUST GOT A $37.5B VALUATION. THE PREF STARTS AT 10%.

    💰 Flex is separating its AI power and cloud infrastructure business, Axiom, after raising $2B of convertible preferred capital. The preferred pays 10% cash before the separation, then steps down after the business de-risks.That is the lesson.Capital should get cheaper as risk disappears. Meanwhile: 🏭 Schneider Electric agreed to buy PTC for $23.7B.⚛️ DOE conditionally offered up to $4.2B to preserve nearly 4 GW of nuclear power and add 433 MW.🚚 C.H. Robinson agreed to acquire RXO for roughly $5.8B.🏢 Fannie Mae backed more than $630M of multifamily refinancing.📈 And the 10 year Treasury still finished around 5.31%.💡 Today’s sales idea: build a Milestone Refinance Map.Show exactly when expensive development equity can be replaced by cheaper capital after power, permits, customer contracts, construction, and first revenue are secured.If a project de-risks but the capital stack never gets cheaper, the sponsor is giving away the value it just created. 🎧 Listen to today’s GRO Money News and share it with someone financing AI infrastructure, power, private credit, or real estate. Until tomorrow, be the best human you can be. ~ Teresa GrobeckerSign up for the daily newsletter on LinkedIn. Read on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7354236980961886208 Listen to GRO MONEY NEWS https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gro-money-news/id1833953369

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GRO MONEY NEWS brings quick, clear insights on real estate and financial markets. In under 10 minutes, Teresa Grobecker covers capital markets, mortgage rates, housing trends, Fed policy, crypto and digital assets, and economic shifts to keep you ahead.