WACC
2 articles
- The Credit-Sorting Moat: How 5% Rates Concentrate Energy Capital in Hyperscaler Balance Sheets
The 5% rate regime concentrates energy-transition capital around strong credits. Hyperscalers combine investment-grade ratings, captive demand, and long-tenor financing to fund behind-the-meter generation near investment-grade pricing, while merchant projects face wider spreads and higher levelized costs.
- Treasury Buybacks Cannot Cap the Long End: Fiscal-Duration Repricing and Corporate Investment Sorting
Treasury buybacks improve market liquidity but cannot offset net sovereign-duration supply. Higher real term premiums are compressing corporate investment horizons and favoring projects with contracted revenue, regulated returns, scarcity rents, subsidies, and shorter payback periods.