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BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, saw its shares slide over 7% on Friday after the company capped withdrawals from one of its private credit funds, sending its stock to a low point not seen since May 2025.

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[–] MakingWork@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

If you zoom out, the share price is still up in general. While 7% sounds like a slide, it's still not that big overall. The stock may go up Monday 3% or 5% either way.

A private credit fund is a loan fund. A loan fund is money in an account used to give out loans (liquidity). Capping withdrawals means investors who put money into that fund for giving out loans can't pull all their money out. Investors want to pull their money out because they see economic hardship (either themselves or economy) and are likely putting that money into other places (like savings accounts). Or the fund isn't working for them.

[–] WhiteRice@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 weeks ago

There’s a reason you need to be accredited investor or qualified purchaser to get in these.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 weeks ago

Ugh...and one of their VPs was just hired by Mark Carney.

[–] EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 weeks ago

7% is a big downward move but not a tumble, definitely not a crash.

Crash and burn mother fuckers. Eat the fucking rich.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 4 weeks ago

Aren't these these the jerks that buy up all the homes?

[–] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Bumping this idk why people only fave irrelevant shit on here. This is going to kill you, Westoids! Pay attention!

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 weeks ago

This might be a decent recession indicator but then again the whole war of aggression on Iran is one giant recession indicator