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The Julia La Roche Show · Saturday, July 4, 2026

Chris Whalen: Investors Fleeing Private Credit Amid Market Stress, Seek Recession Hedges

Chris Whalen reports a significant investor run from the private credit space, with large firms imposing withdrawal limits. He notes that while some investors are exiting, others are actively seeking opportunities in private credit to position for a potential recession or real estate market correction.

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Well, we have a continuing run out of the space by investors. That's going on.
Chris Whalen
Because the big shops like Apollo and Ares have all had to put limits on the amount of money investors can take out of these funds.
Chris Whalen
On the other hand, you have investors still putting money into new areas of private credit because they think down the road there's going to be a recession or there's going to be a correction in the real estate market and they want to position capital to benefit from that.
Chris Whalen
Heard on The Julia La Roche Show — “#385 Chris Whalen: Gold Headed Higher, Goldman $4,900 Target, Silver China Buying Spree, published Saturday, July 4, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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