Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Patrick O'Shaughnessy × Matthew Smith

Matthew Smith’s model points to US natural-gas storage falling below all historical levels by 2029 as contracted LNG and AI compute outstrip deliverability, with electricity prices bearing the impact in 2028-2030.The market remains priced near $3.50-3.60, while Expand Energy and Range offer leverage to a potential physical-gas scramble; processing, pipelines, nuclear timelines, and consumer costs remain key risks.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy × Vlad Barbalat

Liberty Mutual’s $120B balance sheet combines roughly $70–75B of reserves with growth credit and equity, while permanent mutual capital avoids shareholder pressure and supports 7–10% portfolio targets.Barbalat now questions whether AI makes future cash flows—and therefore multiples—structurally less visible, with four-year software credit appearing safer than 30-year Salesforce or Oracle debt and potentially steeper credit curves ahead.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy × Dan Loeb

Dan Loeb has reduced macro to oil and AI, making technology fluency essential as Jensen's stack reshapes power, chips, models, and applications.Third Point sees leading AI companies as the most attractive sector, while its fulcrum-security framework targets mispriced credit such as Twitter debt and xAI obligations.AI is also destabilizing traditional quality investing and forcing structural sellers, leaving governance, due diligence, and the durability of pricing power as key risks to monitor.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy × Paul Tudor Jones

Paul Tudor Jones sees dollar-yen as an undervalued trade finally gaining a catalyst from Japan’s new leadership and its largely unhedged $4.5 trillion international investment position.He also flags a sovereign debt bubble and an IPO supply reversal as buybacks weaken under hyperscaler capex; the yen catalyst and 6–18-month unlock schedule remain key monitors.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy × Alan Waxman

Waxman attributes private-credit stress to a factory model that industrialized fundraising and investing after 2018, with FRE multiples rising from 10–15x to 25–30x+ as underwriting standards weakened.Perpetual private BDC redemptions exceeding the 5% limit are not yet systemic in his view, but AI could reprice every industry, making matched liabilities, governed inflows, and strategy breadth critical.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy × John Arnold

China’s NIO built a robotic factory from shovel to first car in 17 months, with suppliers within 200 miles, highlighting a speed and supply-chain advantage over aging US plants.US energy demand is clear through 2030 but permitting is the bottleneck; delivered solar PPAs remain 50%+ above 2020 lows, while advanced geothermal is Arnold’s five-year call.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy × Andrew Milgram

Anonymized data from 1,200 US middle-market companies shows EBITDA down 20–25% since 2019, negative net profits for two years, and another 20% failing debt-service coverage in 2024.Tariffs above 5–6% could crush these firms, while private-credit defaults may be understated; waiver rates, amendment rates, and PIK exposure are more revealing than reported defaults.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy × John Zito

Apollo’s differentiated model combines third-party asset management with principal capital, using Athene’s more than $300 billion balance sheet and long-duration liabilities to finance infrastructure, compute, defense, and bespoke investment-grade credit.The opportunity expands if public and private assets become more liquid, but 6%-7% leverage costs challenge zero-rate-era return promises, making origination scale, precise credit boxes, and evergreen compounding key variables.