2026 IPO Wave Tests AI Demand as Oil and Yields Stay Hot
The 2026 IPO calendar is loaded with AI names, and the next few weeks will tell us whether public market investors have the appetite to absorb them. At the same time, Brent crude is hovering above 105 a barrel after the Strait of Hormuz closure, and government bond yields are sitting in territory that keeps the cost of capital expensive. Income investors are watching two stories at once.