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Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:02:00 +0000	Markets Look to Trump for Reassurance on Oil Prices. Don’t Count on It. Trump still using trade threats as a tool, Blackstone’s fund redemptions revive private credit fears, CrowdStrike earnings beat estimates, and more news to start your day.
Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:00:04 +0000	Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) Is a Trending Stock: Facts to Know Before Betting on It Ares Capital (ARCC) has been one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com users lately. So, it is worth exploring what lies ahead for the stock.
Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:53:56 +0000	Rate Cuts Are Eating Into BIZD’s Income and Total Returns Are Suffering VanEck BDC Income ETF (NYSEARCA:BIZD) offers investors access to Business Development Companies, a corner of finance that generates high yields by lending to small and mid-sized private businesses. With a current yield of 8.71%, the fund attracts income-focused investors, but the sustainability of that yield deserves scrutiny. How BIZD Generates Income BDCs function like closed-end ... Rate Cuts Are Eating Into BIZD’s Income and Total Returns Are Suffering
Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:02:00 +0000	CION in 2026: M&A Pipeline, Tight Spreads and Private Credit Risk CION Investment sees 2026 with a stronger M&A pipeline and fee momentum, but tight spreads and rising non-accruals put credit risk at a center.
Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:33:38 +0000	Private Credit’s Great Divide: Imminent Crisis or ‘No Big Deal’ To the likes of Jamie Dimon, Mohamed El-Erian and even a money manager from , the parallels with the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis are obvious. El-Erian tagged Blue Owl Capital Inc.’s decision to halt quarterly withdrawals from one of its retail funds a “canary in the coal mine” for the $1.8 trillion private credit market. In an interview with Bloomberg TV on Thursday, Marathon Asset Management LP Chairman Bruce Richards likened the problems in software to “a train coming down the tracks that you could see from some distance.”
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Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:45:47 +0000	AI disruption and private credit: what is the risk scenario? Investing.com -- UBS analyst Matthew Mish stated in a note on Wednesday that investors are increasingly focused on the possibility of a “rapid, severe AI disruption,” outlining how such a tail event could ripple across private credit and broader leveraged finance markets.
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Sun, 22 Feb 2026 20:33:00 +0000	Last week’s slump in asset-manager stocks was driven by private-credit fears. Here’s what’s worrying investors. Shares of asset managers fell due to worries over a private-credit fund managed by Blue Owl Capital, triggering broader anxiety about spillover effects.
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Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:00:04 +0000	Investors Heavily Search Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC): Here is What You Need to Know Zacks.com users have recently been watching Ares Capital (ARCC) quite a bit. Thus, it is worth knowing the facts that could determine the stock's prospects.
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:41:14 +0000	Financial Stocks Are Way Oversold: 5 Strong Buy High-Yield Dividend Ideas Financial stocks are extremely oversold, with the XLF, the financial sector ETF, down 5.70% year-to date. This follows a period of aggressive selling that was driven by interest-rate volatility, recession fears, and lingering concerns about credit quality. Many banks, insurers, and asset managers are now trading at valuations well below historical averages on metrics such ... Financial Stocks Are Way Oversold: 5 Strong Buy High-Yield Dividend Ideas
Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:26:00 +0000	Blue Owl Move to Curb Redemptions at Private-Credit Fund Hits Alt Manager Stocks Blue Owl Capital’s move to halt quarterly redemptions at one of its private-credit funds is hitting the asset manager’s shares and those of other alternative managers, including Blackstone Ares Management and Apollo Global Management that are active in private credit. The action involving a relatively small fund targeted to retail investors run by Blue Owl is depressing the alt industry managers because of concern that redemptions could be curbed at other private-credit funds that are similar to the affected fund, Blue Owl Capital Corp. II, which isn’t publicly traded. The largest nontraded private-credit fund is Blackstone Private Credit, with about $47 billion in net assets, followed by Blue Owl Credit Income at $19 billion of net assets, and Apollo Debt Solutions at $14 billion, according to data from Raymond James analysts.
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:21:00 +0000	2 Predictions for Ares Capital in 2026 Ares Capital has a huge 9.9% yield, but dividend investors need to tread carefully.
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