“You should be worried about high levered names. You're seeing that with things like CoreWeave today”
Closing Bell · Closing Bell 10/14/26
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What was described
focus investment risk on highly levered companies (e.g., CoreWeave) when real rates are high
Said nearby on the same subject
“The real two levers when you're thinking about buying a property is how much money am I going to have left over after this? And then how much money am I repayments going to be?”
“I'm trying to generate 50% annualized returns… the only way that I can achieve that is by taking concentrated levered bets when I have a high degree of conviction”
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Business modeltarget 50% annualized returns; levered up to 100% of accountShare this moment
“We’re calculating probabilities of default… using Mertens’ model… small caps load highly on this default measure, and when default risk rises the effect becomes more pronounced.”