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§ Private Markets · №1
May 11, 2026

Oracle's 5Y CDS is at 198bps. The credit market is asking a question equity has not.

The first Public Equities Ledger. The Credit Monitor goes live, with one indicator already on watch. What it means, and what to track next.

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§ Private Markets · №1
May 1, 2026

Apollo gates its private credit fund. A $20 billion reckoning arrives.

Q1 2026 redemption requests hit $20.8 billion across the five largest private credit funds. What it means, who got out, and why Blackstone chose to honor and Apollo chose to gate.

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§ Macro · №1
Apr 29, 2026

Global imbalances are at 150-year highs. That matters more than whether the Fed cuts in December.

The five questions that drive how capital should be positioned, and where the world sits on each of them today.

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