contagion

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As funds are gated, investors have been running to raise liquidity from other funds, creating a contagion effect.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Private credit markets are on that watchlist, he said, though he sees no signs yet of the kind of contagion that would threaten the system at large.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Ducournau wants to illustrate how fear itself can be a deadly contagion, a reality anyone who lived through those terrible times already knows too well.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Many have their own restive populations to contend with and fear contagion and chaos if the Iranian regime falls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

“I find this contagion of optimism positively flabbergasting,” said Enoch.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs