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What to watch as the biggest US banks report earnings

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Private credit exposure will be in focus, but banks haven’t been trading in lockstep with BDCs.

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Financials ended 2025 on a tear, perhaps getting a bit over their skis in pricing in a global economic reacceleration thanks to continued fiscal stimulus and the waning impact of tariffs. Goldman Sachs, which kicked off the reporting period for banks, is taking its lumps after reporting lower-than-expected sales and trading revenue for its fixed income, currencies, and commodities division. While trading results may get the early headlines, management’s color on the economic outlook, their exposure to private credit, and whether they’re seeing impacts on consumers or businesses from higher fuel prices will do much more in determining the market mood. Private credit funds have been facing investor outflows (which, in many cases, they’ve been limiting) in light of their elevated exposure to software companies.

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