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Spring is in the air
Flowers are blooming, but cash may be withering on the vine
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Private credit maintains its healthy yield premium
Amid private debt’s massive growth, this week’s chart looks at the healthy yield premium of private credit transactions compared to public markets.
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FireSide: Market Madness 2024
In celebration of March Madness, the Investment Research team goes head-to-head discussing leading topics set to influence markets this year.
![Zoomed in shot of a basketball net](https://fsinvestments.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/MarchMadness2024-img_2xInsights_1442x1004.jpg?w=250&h=150&crop=1)
Awakening: The rise of private debt
Private debt has grown from niche asset class to a heavyweight due to multiple structural shifts in capital markets—and its growth has shifted the opportunity set for both investors and borrowers.
![Private debt Cooling Dunes, Death Valley](https://fsinvestments.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-878894720-sky.jpg?w=250&h=150&crop=1)
With investor sentiment stretched, time to diversify?
This week’s chart looks at the spread between bullish and bearish investors, which has widened significantly in the past several months.
![Line chart showing the spread between bullish and bearish investors is stretched near its high of the past five years.](https://fsinvestments.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/COTW_2024-03-08_thumbnail-247px.jpg?w=250&h=150&crop=1)
A compelling growth opportunity in private equity secondaries?
This week’s chart looks at private equity secondaries’ outperformance versus the broader PE market, focusing on what has driven the outperformance.
![Line chart showing private equity secondaries outperforming other forms of private equity for the vintage years from 2000-2020.](https://fsinvestments.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/COTW_2024-03-01_v1_thumbnail-247px.jpg?w=250&h=150&crop=1)