Individual investors in private credit funds are fleeing in droves as the industry confronts fears about its long-term outlook.
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LAST WEEK: A STUMBLE, THEN A BOUNCE TO A NEW RECORD
Stock prices sank on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday last week as investors showed new concerns about whether massive investments in artificial intelligence (AI) will ever return a profit.
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SPECIAL REPORT: GOLD, SILVER SET PRICE RECORDS
As Trends Journal subscribers will know, we called the bottom of gold in September 2023 when it was selling at $1,850 per ounce.
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INVESTORS YANK THEIR MONEY FROM PRIVATE CREDIT FUNDS
Investors drew out at least $7 billion from private credit funds in the last months of 2025, the Financial Times has calculated from funds’ filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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SPOTLIGHT: AI OVERVIEW
PUBLISHER’S NOTE: As Trends Journal subscribers well know, on 28 January we had forecast Dot-com Bust 2.0., and on 5 February that was the illustration on the cover of our magazine. Despite our forecast, it was totally ignored by the mainstream business media. But now that reality of overinvestment in AI can no longer be ignored. Indeed, this......
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PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS BATTLE FOR INVESTORS’ MONEY
Facing a drought of new investment, private equity (PE) firms are offering discounted management fees and “early bird” discounts for investors who jump in now, the Financial Times reported.
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SPOTLIGHT: THE UNCERTAIN U.S. HOUSING MARKET
U.S. home sales in July rose 2 percent above June’s, a 0.8-percent increase year on year, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported.
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EQUITY INVESTORS ARE TURNING BEARISH
In the week ending 12 February, 47.3 percent of individuals invested in the U.S. stock market expect share prices to fall during the next six months, the most since November 2023, a survey by the American Association of Individual Investors found.
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INVESTORS DUMP JUNK LOAN FUNDS
Junk loans funds—funds that lend to highly leveraged companies—saw their biggest outflow of cash during the recent market crash as investors rethought risk.
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INVESTORS: SHOW US THE MONEY
Share prices for Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft fell last week as investors grow tired of seeing companies pour capital into AI research and development without producing enough revenue yet to justify the expense.