LOGIN SUBSCRIBE Subscribe to the Daily newsletter.Fast Company's trending stories delivered to you every day Privacy Policy | | FastCo Works advertisement BYÂ Reuters Listen to this ArticleMore info 0:00 / 0:00 Fear over credit quality in U.S. regional banks rippled through markets on Friday, dragging global financial stocks lower and reviving memories of the crisis of confidence that shook sentiment just over two years ago. The selloff hit Wall Street, with main equities indexes seeing a mixed open, as inv ...

The bankruptcy protection filing by U.S. auto parts firm First Brands - and mysterious disappearance of $2.3 billion - is intensifying speculation that all is not rosy in the private credit garden. Could this be where bubble risks lie, rather than public markets?Is it different this time? Perhaps - interest rates are falling, not rising; there's no household or business credit bubble; leverage is generally low. Yet the surge in prices, tech valuations, and market concentration is eye-watering. The AI frenzy ...