Funds called BDCs that make corporate loans have had a rough 2025, just as the private-credit industry looks to ‘democratize’ their offerings

As prediction markets surge, Wall Street is grappling with an uncomfortable question: Is there any distinction left between investing and gambling?

The country has stored goods worth roughly the combined market cap of its three most globally known corporate names

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Beijing has used loans to developing nations to expand its influence, but a new study says no country has received more Chinese financing than the United States. In all, Chinese state-owned firms have provided $2.2 trillion in loans and grants around the world since 2000, a figure two to four times larger than previously thought, according to Brad Parks, the lead author of a report that AidData released on Tuesday, which draws on information from more than 30,000 projects in over 100 countries.

An intolerable burden is being placed on future generations that will result in financial crises and political instability

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Ivanhoe Atlantic project would supply iron ore to America and allies but faces opposition in west Africa — and Washington

The buzziest private companies are being sold to a select few as the universe of stocks everyone else can invest in shrinks rapidly

If created, these versions of the building blocks of life could lead to environmental and ecological disaster