Debt. Joining us to discuss is a high veteran, Lehmann Livian Fridson Advisors chief Investment Officer martin fridson. I want to talk about this wave of downgrades we have had. Yet, itenomenal, and seems like we have not reached the apex. Do you anticipate more double and triple downgrades . Martin i think we will see that continue for some time. If is such a dramatic change in environment, it is taking a while to get through all the companies, but in addition to aat, some Companies Just had light switch turning off kind of change. Historically, you have some finance companies go down quickly if they lost their ability to borrow, they could sell quickly. Industrial companies historically have taken a long time to make the migration that we observed recently. 1100 basis points around march 23, and then we had a bit of easing. What do you see in terms of levels, spread wise, and default wise . Martin default will clearly rise. Defaults will clearly rise. We think double digits. The high
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