Private Credit's Reckoning: Record Defaults, Gated Exits, and the $1.8 Trillion Question
There is a number that Wall Street has been sitting with since Friday morning: 61. That is how many years Warren Buffett spent building Berkshire Hathaway from a failing New England textile mill into a $1.1 trillion conglomerate. On September 18, 2026, that chapter formally closed. Buffett, 96, stepped
Warren Buffett steps down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway after 61 years, handing the role to his son Howard. Greg Abel continues as CEO in a carefully orchestrated succession plan that removes the last symbolic anchor to the Buffett era.
There is a number that Wall Street spent Thursday quietly absorbing: 1.14. That is how many percent the S&P 500 gained on September 17, 2026 - the day after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in more than three years. The Nasdaq did even
There is a number that Wall Street has been quietly absorbing since Wednesday morning: zero. That is how many memory chip wafers SK Hynix currently manufactures on American soil. A Reuters report published September 16 suggests that number may be about to change - and the implications for the semiconductor industry,