Report published September 25, 2026
HSBC Investment Weekly: Divergent Sovereign Bond Regimes and Global AI Capex Dynamics
HSBC · September 25, 2026
HSBC Asset Management examines diverging bond regimes across the US, China, and India alongside risks surrounding the global AI capex boom. Emerging market earnings show strong but concentrated tech growth, while Japanese equities continue to benefit from structural corporate reforms and corporate pricing power.
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Key Takeaways
- 1.The world's three largest economies display starkly divergent bond regimes: multi-decade high real yields in the US driven by massive deficits and AI capex, near-decade low yields in China due to excess savings, and historically anchored ~7% yields in India backed by credible policy.
- 2.Surging AI hardware capex has lifted tech capex-to-sales ratios to twice dotcom-bubble levels, raising questions about whether monetisation can produce a soft landing or if enterprise ROI fatigue will trigger spending cuts.
- 3.Emerging market equities face heavy concentration risk as South Korea and Taiwan drive the bulk of EM profit growth via AI exposure, while EM currencies show unusual resilience against a stronger US dollar due to orthodox macro policies.
Table of Contents
- Chart of the week – Three bond markets
- Market Spotlight
- Lens on...
- Asset class views
- Key Events and Data Releases
- Market review
- Market data
Report data
Chart of the week – Three bond markets — as of September 25, 2026.
| Metric | Estimate | Context |
|---|---|---|
| China Bond Yields | 1.5% | Lowest this decade driven by excess household savings flowing into bonds |
| India Bond Yields | 7% | Anchored yields in historical range despite global selloff |
| US 10-Year Treasury Yield | 5.17% | Pushed to multi-year highs on strong US economic data |
| South Korea Consensus 2026 Profit Growth | 300% | Driven by deep exposure to the global AI build-out |
| Taiwan Consensus 2026 Profit Growth | 50% | Driven by exposure to the global AI build-out |
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