Wall Street's Glaring 2008-Sized Blind Spot

Daily video by Korra · 6 October 2026

The tech-led rally is pushing markets toward records, but underneath the celebration, a key part of the economy is flashing a warning sign worse than…

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The tech-led rally is pushing markets toward records, but underneath the celebration, a key part of the economy is flashing a warning sign worse than 2008.

The delinquency rate on office commercial real estate loans just re-spiked to twelve-point-two percent. That is higher than the peak of the global financial crisis. Headlines this morning are clear: the era of 'extend-and-pretend' for these loans is coming to an end.

This is the market's massive blind spot. While the Nasdaq is up over five percent in the last month, the plumbing of the property market is failing. These are two completely different stories about the economy, and right now, tech stocks are the only one the market wants to hear.

This problem doesn't stay contained in office towers; it lives on the balance sheets of the banks that hold the debt. I'm tracking that contagion risk over at korra dot finance. The party in the stock market can't ignore a fire in the foundations forever.

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