Apollo's principal-aligned model and credit origination machine win the structural shift in capital markets.
US keeps its monopolistic edge in capital markets via rule of law, talent and lower cost of capital, sustaining premium multiples.
Europe ramps defense and infra spending plus securitization reform, lifting growth and multiples after a lost decade.
Private assets steadily get more liquid via secondaries, exchanges and tokenization, narrowing illiquidity discounts.
Carvana was a coercive restructuring turned win; bonds exchanged at 90 traded to 120 and equity exploded.