Mark J. Higgins: Are Speculative Supply Chains Fueling Private Credit?

Why do financial bubbles keep happening when investors know the warning signs? Mark Higgins argues that speculation may be driven less by irrational investors than by rational participants whose incentives increasingly align around keeping capital flowing. We explore how these speculative supply chains form, why risk becomes harder to see as they mature, and how the pattern that helped fuel the Global Financial Crisis may now be emerging in private equity and private credit.

Guest host Kevin Max, editor of Enterprising Investor, speaks with Mark J. Higgins, CFA, CFP®, financial historian, investment adviser, and author of Investing in U.S. Financial History: Understanding the Past to Forecast the Future.