March 24, 2026
There’s been a great deal of attention on the private credit and business development company (BDC) industry of late for all the wrong reasons, among them rising withdrawal requests, capped withdrawals, falling net asset values,…
March 22, 2026
I published a note last week on bank-enabled financial leverage, which is at record highs in many cases and which has been growing by the month even as the Federal Reserve noted in its most…
March 17, 2026
I recently hosted a call with several privately held U.S. boxmakers, whose perspective often differs from that of the publicly traded containerboard producers. Among the topics discussed were (1) the impact or lack thereof of…
March 16, 2026
To my longtime readers, I’m back publishing on banking and consumer spending, as well as on paper & packaging. This note is on banking; the other topics will follow. Briefly regarding consumer spending, the BEA’s…