Market Cracks Under AI Debt Burden | The Weekly Wrap
Steve Eisman examines AI data-center debt, CoreWeave's tech correction and agentic AI's effect on banks as earnings season begins.
Friday, October 16, 2026
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Update on Loparex, the loan Blue Owl marked from 88 to 5 cents in just 8 months. The restructuring is now set. $OWL's entire ~$160mm 2L gets wiped out for a small piece of equity. Monarch and General Atlantic take control after buying the 1L at distressed prices earlier this year. Looks like the 5 cent mark in June was close to right. The question was always why it was 88 six months earlier...
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All letters- Distillate Capital 2026 Q3 ORCL $399BTOL $12B
- Ariel Investments Quarter Ended September 30, 2026 BIO $9.5BCRL $15B
- Rewey Asset Management 3Q26 MEC $362MORCL $399B
- Hosking Partners Q3 2026 DHT $3.7BHAFN $5.4B
- Guinness Global Investors third quarter of 2026 ABBNY $163BAFL $59B
- Patient Capital Management 3Q26 ADBE $98BADYEN $34B
- Wedgewood Partners Third Quarter 2026 MSI $76BODFL $39B
- Artisan Partners Q3 2026 ENB $107BJPPTY $68B
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