WHAT MIGHT TOPPLE THE PRIVATE CAPITAL PYRAMID?
Investopedia · Published on September 8, 2026
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Subscribe to Value Add by Investopedia on Substack: https://investopedia.substack.com/ Private capital has been transformed into a $40 trillion asset class by financial innovators from Michael Milken to Leon Black, and now underpins a wide swath of global industries. William D. Cohan, author of the newly released book, “Money to Burn: The Unvarnished Truth About Leon Black, Apollo, and the Rise of a New Wall Street”, describes how we got here, and what dangerous roads private markets and creative financing might lead us down given the immense leverage these firms use to securitize nearly every asset class. Plus, margin debt is spiking just in time for a seasonal stock market swoon. Look out below.