Deleveraging clouds China’s AI trade as rising US Treasury yields, inflation fears persist

Chinese leveraged traders continue to unwind their bets on stocks, as unease over rising global bond yields and a lingering oil shock add uncertainty to the artificial intelligence trade. The outstanding balance of stocks bought with borrowed money dropped to 2.62 trillion yuan (US$390.1 billion) on Thursday after a brief rebound in August, according to data from China Securities Finance. That was 13 per cent below an all-time high of 3.01 trillion yuan set on June 25. Meanwhile, short positions...