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Cramer: The market’s biggest fears ‘just didn’t happen’ – and that’s why you can’t leave the game
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said investors who fled the market during recent volatility may be grappling with a familiar realization that the worst-case scenarios driving their decisions never materialized. “What we have is a rally that appears to be based on nothing,” said the “Mad Money” host on Tuesday. “But in reality, it’s based on the […]
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Blackstone’s Joan Solotar says investors should separate ‘signal from the noise’ in private credit
A version of this article appeared in CNBC’s Inside Alts newsletter, a guide to the fast-growing world of alternative investments, from private equity and private credit to hedge funds and venture capital. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Fears of rising defaults and a systemic crisis from private credit don’t reflect the underlying […]
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Inside India newsletter: Tariffs and Iran war threaten India’s $100 billion garments export goal
Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of “Inside India“ — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world’s fastest growing large economy. Just as India’s textile industry was beginning to stabilize after U.S. tariffs, it received another blow. Industry leaders tell me the Iran […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Broadcom, UnitedHealth, Casey’s General Stores and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Broadcom , Alphabet — Broadcom on Monday said it agreed to supply artificial intelligence chips for Google and signed an expanded deal with Anthropic to give the AI startup about 3.5 gigawatts worth of computing capacity from Google’s AI processors. Broadcom shares gained 3%, while Alphabet […]
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AI data center boom ‘stress tests’ insurers as private capital floods in
AI data centers are becoming a “stress test” for insurers as rapid technological advancements and the use of increasingly complex financial structures present a unique set of challenges and opportunities for the sector. Global spending on data centers could reach $7 trillion by 2030, according to McKinsey, and much of that spending can no longer […]
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Blue Owl caps private credit funds redemptions at 5% after steep request levels
Blue Owl is experiencing elevated redemption requests for two of its private credit funds, according to letters to shareholders issued Thursday. The firm’s flagship OCIC fund, with about $36 billion in assets under management, received redemption requests of about 21.9% of shares outstanding during the first quarter, the firm said. Blue Owl’s smaller, tech-oriented fund, […]
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Inside India newsletter: The worst might not be over for Indian equities
Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of “Inside India“ — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world’s fastest growing large economy. Indian markets have been rattled by the Iran war, with foreign investors fleeing and valuations slipping to rare lows. But fund managers […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Fannie Mae, Boston Scientific, Blackstone, Palo Alto Networks and more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in midday trading: Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac — Shares of the mortgage financing companies rallied after Pershing Square Capital Management’s Bill Ackman said in an X post late Sunday that the stocks are “stupidly cheap.” The billionaire investor suggested shares could rise 10-fold. Shares of Federal […]
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‘Not unlike tariffs’: Iran war threatens to deepen Asia private equity’s worst fundraising slump in a decade
Blackstone Group’s logo on display during the opening of the company’s new office in Singapore. Munshi Ahmed | Bloomberg | Getty Images Since the pandemic, private equity funds focused on Asia have struggled to raise money, as the industry sat on massive unsold assets and idle dry powder. Signs of growing confidence began to emerge […]
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Private credit cracks open door for Wall Street banks’ comeback: ‘The tug of war is just starting’
Wall Street, Manhattan, New York. Andrey Denisyuk | Moment | Getty Images Wall Street banks may finally be getting a long-awaited opening to claw back market share from private credit lenders. After a decade in which private credit lenders grew rapidly and took over a large share of financing for leveraged buyouts, signs of strain […]
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