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Gray describes a "disjointed environment" where headlines suggest a crisis in private credit, yet his data shows borrowers are healthy (low leverage, high growth). He asserts private credit continues to offer a "50% premium versus leverage loans." Publicly traded Business Development Companies (BDCs) like Ares (ARCC) and Blue Owl (OBDC) often trade in sympathy with Blackstone's private funds. If the market perceives a systemic rot in private credit, these stocks sell off. Gray's data suggests the "rot" is nonexistent and the fear is misplaced. This creates a buying opportunity in top-tier BDCs which offer high yields and liquid exposure to the same thesis Gray is defending. LONG. Buying the "baby" that the market is throwing out with the "bathwater" of private credit fear. A genuine recession would spike default rates across the sector, validating the market's fears regardless of current coverage ratios.

"My concern is the other companies that are investing in this AI architecture... borrowing through private credit... when that correction hits it's not just the companies that are going to go under it's the lenders." While Big Tech uses cash for AI capex, smaller players are using high-interest private debt. If the AI ROI isn't immediate, defaults will spike. The risk sits with the lenders (BDCs and Private Credit funds). Avoid exposure to private credit vehicles that have funded the speculative AI build-out. AI generates immediate cash flow for borrowers, preventing defaults.