Meta lifts 2026 AI capex forecast to 145 billion dollars as free cash flow turns negative
Global markets are repricing AI financing, rates and geopolitical risk. Meta posted a 26% yearly revenue rise to 64.6 billion dollars but lifted its 2026 capital spending forecast to 135 to 145 billion dollars, turning free cash flow negative for the first time since 2012. Singapore private gold holdings reached about 800 tons, 16 times the 2014 level.