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Your 401(k) Is Being Set Up to Absorb Someone Else's Exit

Secondary market bids for private credit funds are landing at 65 cents on the dollar. Institutional investors are leaving in record numbers. And an executive order is opening your 401(k) to fill the gap they leave behind.

By Ray Vega · 3 min read

Finance

The $140 Billion Default Wave Nobody Priced Into Consumer Credit

Over 5.5 million Americans are already in default on $140 billion in federal student loans, with delinquency rates nearly triple pre-pandemic levels. The credit score destruction sweeping through millions of borrowers has a downstream address: consumer spending, mortgage origination, auto lending, and the regional banks exposed to all three.

By Ray Vega · 4 min read