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Is Private Credit in Trouble? 3 Quick Points 3-13-26

In this episode, Scott Becker discusses growing cracks in the private credit market, highlighting rising default rates, redemption and liquidity pressures, and increasing concerns about underwriting standards after years of rapid growth.

The Markets & Private Credit Are Tanking: 10 Stories We Are Following Today 3-12-26

In this episode, Scott Becker reviews 10 key market stories including falling indexes amid Middle East tensions, rising oil prices, private credit concerns, and more.

4 Thoughts & Concepts for the Week 3-11-26

In this episode, Scott Becker shares 4 concepts for the week focused on making small changes for big impact, striving to do your best work daily, committing to deep high-quality work, and staying focused on the core priorities that drive meaningful results.

The 10 Largest Berkshire Hathaway Holdings 3-10-26

In this episode, Scott Becker reviews the top 10 holdings in Berkshire Hathaway’s portfolio.

The Markets Point Down, PE Funds Are Tanking: 5 Stories We Are Following Today 3-9-26

In this episode, Scott Becker reviews five key market stories including stocks trending down amid oil price spikes and Fed uncertainty, while major private equity firms like Blackstone, KKR, and Apollo face steep year to date losses.

Latest News

Lifestyle & Personal Notes

Watch House of Guinness on Netflix. “Ideas are a commodity. Execution of them is not.” Michael Dell. I’m golfing with a guy who beat me once all summer and now thinks he is Tiger Woods. Delusional.

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Becker Business Media & Leadership Spotlights

Thrilled to see the Becker Business Media Becker PE podcast pass 8 MM downloads. Thankful to feature each Ted Widen as founder of the month and I loved getting to interview Sai Huda, Founder and CEO of CyberCatch. Thrilled to

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Company Performance & Stocks

Peloton dropped more than 12% yesterday and is down 16% YTD. Starbucks dropped 5% Monday and is down nearly 11% YTD. Brian Niccol is trying to work his magic. The Big EV makers. Lucid dropped 8.37% yesterday and is down

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Hedge Funds & Major Investors

Coatue, one of the nation’s moat successful hedge funds, sold shares of Amazon and bought shares of CoreWeave. The Motley Fool Coatue sold nearly 596,100 shares of Amazon and bought 3,300,000 shares of CoreWeave, a stock backed by Nvidia. Billionaire

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Market & Economic Updates

Stocks point up this am after giving up ground yesterday. “US stock futures marched higher on Wednesday as Wall Street waited for the latest Federal Reserve minutes to provide hints to future policy amid a shutdown-driven dearth of data.” Yahoo

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Personal Notes & Inspirations

Two of my favorite concepts Mel Robbins “Let them”. Don’t water dead plants. PS.  Thank you to the Becker’s Healthcare team for a tremendous conference week. Next up the 31st Annual ASC Meeting October 16 to 18. A remarkable week.

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Healthcare & Private Equity

Private equity backed companies own nearly 8.5% of hospitals in America and employ around 6.5% of all drs. A couple of the PE backed hospital chains like LifePoint are very well run. The concept that PE is the main problem

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Media & Rankings

The Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast ranks 1st in the Apple business News rankings this week.  Becker Business Media Becker Private Equity and Business Wall Street Breakfast WSJ’s Take on the Week Bloomberg’s Daybreak WSJ Minute Briefing To learn

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