Eurodollar University, Released on Released on 4/27/26 Interest rates going up. Oil prices big problem. The stock market kept soaring, but even though the S&P 500 gained 20% that year more stocks in the index ended 1999 down than up. There are some similarities between now and ’99 and one of those is how far […]
Eurodollar University, Released on Released on 4/25/26 Underscoring the global nature of private credit and the credit cycle, one of India’s biggest borrowers has announced it will be delaying principal and interest payments on one of its biggest junk bonds. And who are the primary owners of said bonds? Private credit funds like Cerberus and […]
Eurodollar University, Released on Released on 4/20/26 Countries REALLY don’t want to go to DC and ask for a dollar swap line. One nation just did (according to WSJ) and it is one of the most critical redistribution centers in the eurodollar system. While the usual suspects go on about “dedollarization” and petroyuans, over here […]
Eurodollar University, Released on Released on 4/16/26 The good news is the IRS is reporting about a 10% rise in average income tax refunds. However, the initial data is showing most Americans are just not spending the windfall. Understandably, they’re either saving the money or more often paying down debt. Those are certainly positive in […]
Eurodollar University, Released on Released on 3/29/26 It’s only been a little less than a month, but the economic and financial fallout from the Iran conflict is already taking shape as we search for that point of no return. Sentiment has dropped, economic activity is threatened, even stocks are now in correction territory across the […]
Eurodollar University, Released on Released on 3/19/26 Sales of newly built homes crashed by a massive 17.6% in January, with a 44% drop in the Northeast and 34% slide in the Midwest. Of course, everyone is trying to blame it on weather but sales were already weakening in December and those in the Western part […]
Eurodollar University, Released on Released on 3/18/26 McDonalds is doing it again as the economy is now in a race against time. The fast food giant is creating a $3 value deal after having brought back the $5 value menu in the middle of 2024. The timing wasn’t an accident back then. That previous time, […]
Eurodollar University, Released on Released on 3/12/26 Now it’s Morgan Stanley’s turn. Yesterday it was Cliffwater. Before that BlackRock and Blackstone. Of course Blue Owl. Morgan Stanley’s $8 billion North Haven Private Income Fund becomes the latest shadow banking giant to both get hit with massive investor withdrawals and to deny most of them. Cliffwater […]
