Private Credit Firms Enter Consumer Debt as Risks Mount
📋 Key Facts ✓ Private credit firms are piling into consumer debt. ✓ Risk-taking is mounting in these financial activities. ...
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📋 Key Facts ✓ Private credit firms are piling into consumer debt. ✓ Risk-taking is mounting in these financial activities. ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Federal Reserve is seeking public feedback on a new payment account. ✓ This account could provide easier access to th...
Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/briefing/why-do-americans-hate-ai.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46465472 Points: 12 # Comments: 5...
Trump said a US helicopter took fire during the raid in Venezuela. Kevin Carter/Getty Images The US said it carried out a large-scale attack against Venezuela early on Saturday. American forces captur...
Brevan Howard is now run by CEO Aron Landry, who succeeded the firm's billionaire founder, Alan Howard. Brevan Howard Brevan Howard returned 8% and 0.8% in its two largest funds for 2025, a person clo...
New York Mets owner Steve Cohen has diversified his asset manager. Rich Storry/Getty Images James Malick, Point72's chief strategy officer, recently departed the hedge fund. Malick joined in 2023 afte...
The US president demanded that defence contractors cap their executives' pay until new production plants are built....
Investors trading commodities, such as oil, have been in high demand. Jeri Clausing/AP Hedge funds that trade commodities struggled in 2025. Big-name managers with exposure to energy or agriculture tr...
Article URL: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/12/18/toll-roads-are-spreading-in-america Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46403992 Points: 16 # Comments: 14...
Reiterating the liberal ideals behind the revolution may be tricky when they are out of favour in the White House...
So-called continuation vehicles set to account for a fifth of sales by the sector in 2025...
📋 Key Facts ✓ AI was behind over 50,000 layoffs in 2025. ✓ World's biggest tech companies cited AI in layoff strategies. ...
Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller has long been considered the wealthiest man in America's history. NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images America has more billionaires than ever, led by Elon M...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Lewis Horwitz died on December 19 at age 90. ✓ He began his career as a bank teller in Los Angeles in the 1960s. ...
USS Bulkeley, one of the destroyers involved in the seizure, sails in the Atlantic Ocean. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan Nye Two US Navy destroyers helped American f...
Some CEOs believe US manufacturing can make a comeback. Do you? Business Wire/AP President Donald Trump's trade war was partially intended to boost US-made goods. Nearly a year later, the results aren...
Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI In 2026, quitting smoking and joining a gym are no longer enough for a new year's resolution. Young adults, addicted to their phones and exhausted with dating apps , are reso...
Article URL: https://aresnorthamerica.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46482437 Points: 12 # Comments: 0...
Also in today’s newsletter, predictions for the energy industry in 2026...
ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images Chris Rokos' eponymous fund was up 21%, a person close to the fund told Business Insider. The manager is one of several big-name macro firms that had a strong 2025....