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Will Square’s Stock Drop Shift Attention To Credit Risk?

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However, to get down to his concerns, the analyst said — per news reports such as CNBC — that the recently debuted “Square Installments” (which, as the name implies, offers payment plans) may expose the company in a way that makes it vulnerable to credit markets. Trade wars loom, and the consumer seems to be caught in the middle.

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China's policy shifts to targeting recovery in domestic demand  

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At annual meetings of China's (A1 stable) top legislative and advisory bodies, policymakers set an economic growth target for 2023 of 5%, which Moody’s said is in line with its growth forecast. This will limit the increase in RLG debt risk in China and leverage risk for state-owned infrastructure companies, the firm added.

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Transcript: David Snyderman, Magnetar Capital

Barry Ritholtz

David Snyderman has put together an incredible career in fixed income, alternative credit, and really just an amazing way of looking at risk and trade structure and how to figure out probabilistic potential outcomes rather than playing the usual forecasting and macro tourist game. So I switched to be an economics major.

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Transcript: Sean Dobson, Amherst Holdings

Barry Ritholtz

And up until that moment in time, we didn’t spend a lot of time on credit risk in mortgages. We didn’t really have to model credit risk because that was, that risk was taken by the agencies. But in these private labels, you had the, the market was taking the credit risk.

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Transcript: Armen Panossian

Barry Ritholtz

And I think a lot of investors and, and lenders and really lost their way and agreed to terms and conditions that in under today’s market environment would not be acceptable levels of leverage that would not work. And, and as a result, there is a, a condition where there’s risks and opportunities in the current market.

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Transcript: Kristen Bitterly Michell

Barry Ritholtz

And so, coming out of school, I studied Economics and Spanish Literature, and I applied to a — a program that actually targeted Liberal Arts majors. And so, with this gave me exposure to everything from investment banking to retail, looking at like checking account campaigns, like how do you get more assets in the door to credit risk.

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Transcript: Rick Rieder

Barry Ritholtz

You know, people are comfortable, leverage builds. But there are so many tools at your disposal, and let alone how much duration you’re taking, how much interest, how much credit risk you’re taking, illiquidity, et cetera. You know, the leverage in the system builds. What’s that process like?