JPMorgan Chase: The plunge in the largest technology stocks does not pose a credit problem

JPMorgan sees little impact on bond markets from the $1,000bn loss of equity market value triggered by DeepSeek on Monday, although fears of a broad rise in volatility could have a negative impact on credit spreads. Despite the falls in equities, spreads on high-rated bonds widened by an average of 1 basis point and the CDX investment-grade bond index widened by 0.7 basis point. JPMorgan credit strategists such as Eric Beinstein and Nathaniel Rosenbaum wrote in a note that "this is a logical outcome" given the indirect link between DeepSeek's technological advances and high-rated credit risk.