Blue Owl is a hedge fund. It’s been getting heavily into private credit — somewhere companies can borrow money when they don’t want to issue corporate bonds. Private credit does things banks aren’t…
  • corbin@awful.systemsEnglish
    8·
    5 days ago

    Because Blue Owl really doesn’t want the world to see a fund of theirs fail.

    For want of investors, the FOMO was published. For want of FOMO, the fund was lost. For want of a fund, the firm will be lost next. Hedge funds fail all the time, but it’s surprising to see such a direct connection. I think the Bible says something about this too, something like “vibes to vibes, dust to dust, empty your accounts, pay investors you must.”

    • YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systemsEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      There’s gotta be a pithy way of talking about this. I propose “Phantom Funds” - money that investors and analysts expect to be there that ends up not existing when the cards are turned over.

      Why yes this does largely boil down to fraud but without the legal consequences.

      • David Gerard@awful.systemsOPMEnglish
        2·
        3 hours ago

        the AI bubble, the private credit bubble (this one), the Wall St Bitcoin thing, etc. are all about writing down a big number with a $ in front on thin justification, then borrowing against it

        this runs into issues tomorrrow. but not today!