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Money pours into private debt funds.
Demand for yield and floating rate securities is causing money to pour into private debt funds at a potentially alarming pace. Per a...
cov-lite
debt
debt funds
Roughly 20% of Russell 2000 companies fail EBIT-to-interest coverage.
As we continue with one of the longest running bull markets, attention should increasingly be focused on the capital structures that...
debt
overleveraged
Russell 2000
U.S. household debt surpasses 2008 Q3 peak.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York recently released its Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit stating that debt balances ...
debt
US consumer
Making loans without borrowing history.
New lenders are popping up with claims that new data can be used to make loans to customers lacking enough borrowing history to secu...
debt
US consumer
Borrowing heavily to buy equities: An indication of trouble on the horizon?
An article in the WSJ reports that stocks are supported by record levels of borrowing (known as margin debt). Per the author, margin...
bubble
debt
Trading Student Loans for Mortgages
Home builders are testing new tactics to lure young buyers. Per an article in the WSJ, one such firm will pay down a portion (3% was...
debt
home prices
mortgage
student loans
Money starts piling into home-flipping funds. What could go wrong?
Highlighting a perfect example of lending that only works so long as the bull market thrives, large private equity firms are now fin...
debt
home prices