OWL - Blue Owl Capital

Stock has plunged ~40% since start of 2026; Blue Owl was forced to block withdrawals from one of its funds in February as investors clamored to get out, signaling serious liquidity and confidence issues.

Blue Owl Capital Corp II temporarily restricted redemptions in November and completely halted them in February. Multiple Blue Owl funds have been impacted by the turmoil. Stock has dropped 20-50% since September.

Described as the 'canary in the coal mine' with 15% redemption requests and heavy concentration in software/AI-disrupted lending. Stopped making payouts to investors.

Blue Owl has tipped a UK lender into insolvency and is heavily exposed to private credit stress. The host expects more downside.

Blue Owl completely stopped redemptions on one of its retail funds, indicating severe liquidity stress. The stock is described as collapsing along with other private credit firms.

Mentioned as context for private credit market selloff - down nearly 41-42% YTD. No explicit recommendation, just cited as evidence of sector-wide weakness.