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May 7, 2026
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Gundlach Warns About the Risks Facing Private Credit
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Jeffrey Gundlach
(CEO and CIO, DoubleLine, guest)
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Executive Summary
Jeffrey Gundlach warns that the private credit market is in a '2007 moment,' facing a crisis of trust due to opaque valuations, questionable reporting, and mounting redemption requests that funds cannot meet.
He predicts the Federal Reserve will not cut rates this year and that long-term interest rates will continue to rise, driven by the unsustainable US fiscal situation where debt interest now exceeds the defense budget.
Gundlach advises a defensive portfolio allocation, recommending a 20% position in cash to hedge against high market valuations and another 20% in real assets like commodities.
He believes a government bailout of the private credit market is highly unlikely due to the political difficulty of rescuing wealthy investors, in contrast to the 2008 crisis which was framed around saving homeowners.
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