Many think Private Credit could become the Lehman of 2026...
Like 2008, at some point it no longer matters what the outlook 5 years down the road is. The snowball gains it own momentum and can no longer be stopped...
Private Credit Bank Run Begins: Blue Owl Gates After Shocking 41% Of OTIC Investors Ask For Their Money
$BAC Bank of America says it will cancel plans for a $14 billion construction loan linked to $ORCL data center being built and back a bond offering instead as fear of private credit contagion spreads into banks.
In other words Bank of America leant to much money to private credit lenders that funneled money to data centers and now can’t risk having more on its balance sheet. Needs something it can sell.
When the US Treasury starts calling in regulators, it means something has gone wrong enough to worry Washington.
Yesterday, the Treasury convened meetings with domestic AND international insurance regulators to discuss private credit risks.
The specific concern: billions in retirement savings managed by life insurers have been quietly moved into illiquid private credit products.
Apollo and KKR bought insurance companies to get direct access to that capital.
State-level regulation alone can't handle what's now a multitrillion-dollar, cross-border, offshore-reinsurance-linked web.The Treasury calling this meeting is not routine. It's a signal.
West Coast and California gonna get hit hard on gas prices ...
Are Ships Breaking Out of the Strait of Hormuz | Report from A Ship in the Persian Gulf
What's Going on With Shipping?
Apr 2, 2026 What's Going on With Shipping - Maritime Industry Today On the April 2, 2026, update of the Strait of Hormuz, we discuss three ships running the southern Strait in Omani waters. Does this signify a change in shipping? What is the US policy toward the Strait of Hormuz. We talked with a merchant mariner who just returned from the Persian Gulf and what is it like onboard, what is the...