Oh My, Those Conflicted American Consumers…. by Wolf Richter • May 31, 2017 • 113 Comments The divide in economic confidence has become extreme.
Brick-and-Mortar Retail Meltdown Has a Busy Month by Wolf Richter • May 31, 2017 • 68 Comments After years of asset stripping by private equity firms and hedge funds.
Dear Fed, It’s Not “Really Hard to Spot Bubbles” by Wolf Richter • May 30, 2017 • 99 Comments Here are some visual aids to help the Fed spot the housing bubble.
Why an Australian Fund Manager Decided to Sell Everything by Wolf Richter • May 30, 2017 • 66 Comments Spooked by a “housing calamity,” banks, overvalued stocks, and China.
Goldman Sachs Accused of “Aiding and Abetting” Venezuela’s “Dictatorial Regime” by Wolf Richter • May 29, 2017 • 43 Comments A very risky bond deal with a huge yield.
Banco Popular’s Co-Co Bonds Plunge as Balance Sheet Chaos Revealed in Potential Forced Sale by Don Quijones • May 29, 2017 • 7 Comments Spain’s sixth largest bank “itself cannot at this point make a rough calculation” of what its value is, “and if they can’t, neither can we.”
Why I think Stocks Won’t Crash Spectacularly but May Zigzag Lower in Agonizing Ups-and-Downs, Possibly for Decades by Wolf Richter • May 28, 2017 • 120 Comments Worst-case scenario ahead.
Mexico’s Economy Reels from a Blast from the Past by Don Quijones • May 27, 2017 • 35 Comments Inflation suddenly takes off.
Are Markets Blowing off the Fed? by Wolf Richter • May 26, 2017 • 58 Comments A stock or bond market tantrum might stop the Fed in its tracks. But the opposite is happening.
Sears Revenues Plunge, to Hit Zero in 3 Years, Shares Jump by Wolf Richter • May 25, 2017 • 80 Comments The ingenious strategy of cost-cutting and store-closing your way out of trouble: Pretty soon, it leads to zero.