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All researchPrivate credit is having a “golden moment” – here’s what investors should know (from VettaFi Advisor Perspectives)…
Read articleInvestment-grade bond funds have seen massive inflows this month (from The Daily Shot)…
Read articleRating agency Moody’s warns of rising corporate defaults (from The Financial Times)…
Read articleTen key takeaways on the credit markets today (from Oaktree Capital Management)…
Read articleU.S. corporate bond markets are “on fire” to start 2024 (from Jesse Felder via X)…
Read articleWhat is the impact of the recent Fed pivot on consumers? (from The Daily Spark)…
Read articleU.S. consumer credit surpassed $5 trillion for the first time in November (from MarketWatch)…
Read articleCredit card rates hit another new record high last month (from The Daily Shot)…
Read articleDiscover Financial Services could be a canary in the coal mine for the consumer credit markets (from Barron’s)…
Read articleThe buy now, pay later “holiday hangover” has arrived (from CNBC)…
Read articleNearly half of office commercial real estate (CRE) loans are now at risk of default (from The Commercial Observer)…
Read articleCRE office vacancies are now at a record high (from CNN Business)…
Read articleDelinquencies on multifamily CRE are surging (from The Daily Shot)…
Read articleAnd the bill is coming due on a record amount of additional CRE debt over the next few years (from The Wall Street Journal)…
Read articleThe housing market “deep freeze” continues (from Charlie Bilello)…
Read articleA small-cap merger arbitrage opportunity with double-digit upside potential (from Special Situation Investments)…
Read articleHere’s a list of event-driven trade ideas that are potentially actionable today (from ToffCap)…
Read articleActivist short seller Culper Research alleges fraud in a Chinese medical-supply firm (from Culper via X)…
Read articleWith the imminent rescheduling of cannabis from from a Schedule III to Schedule I drug, insiders have perked up in the stocks (from Kuppy’s Event Driven Monitor)…
Read article2023 was a year of “divergences” for precious metals (from Ninepoint Partners Q4 2023 Commentary)…
Read articleGold may be on the verge of a major new cycle (from Lawrence Lepard/Equity Management Associates’ Q4 2023 Letter)…
Read articleThe gap between gold and gold-mining stocks has been widening again (from The Daily Shot)…
Read articleGold has yet to decisively break out in U.S. dollar terms (as it has in most other major currencies), but momentum remains positive for now (from Lyn Alden Investment Strategy)…
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