Foreign Investors Massively Bought US Treasury Securities in February: China, Japan, Canada, Euro Area, UK, Financial Centers, Taiwan, India, even Brazil by Wolf Richter • Apr 16, 2025 • 81 Comments Biggest increase since June 2021. And they mostly bought long-term Treasury debt. No major holder dumped.
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Europe: Biggest Price Drops in Germany, Finland, Sweden, Austria, France, Denmark by Wolf Richter • Jul 6, 2024 • 80 Comments But new highs in Portugal, Spain, Poland, Belgium, Ireland, Romania. A wild ride.
Rate-Cut Mania’s 20.7% Spike in French Stock Market Comes Home to Roost by Wolf Richter • Jun 14, 2024 • 54 Comments When stuff gets inflated like this, no one should be surprised when it gets deflated.
Stock Markets Years & Decades after Huge Bubbles Imploded: China, Hong Kong, Japan, UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain by Wolf Richter • Dec 31, 2023 • 146 Comments This cannot possibly happen to US markets because US markets are special?
Eurostar Near Collapse, Asks for Bailout, Becomes Hot Potato by Nick Corbishley • Jan 23, 2021 • 135 Comments Traffic down 95%. To run out of money by April.
Spooked by Fishy Smells & Regulators, Investment Bank Natixis Dumps its 50% Stake in Formerly-$36-Billion Hedge Fund H2O by Nick Corbishley • Nov 8, 2020 • 36 Comments Blackstone Group, BNP Cardif, Crédit Agricole, and others have also unwound or suspended their relationship with H2O.
Extend-and-Pretend Caused Bankruptcies to Plunge in Germany, France, Spain. Now Central Banks Tell Banks to Prepare for Bankruptcy Surge by Nick Corbishley • Oct 16, 2020 • 32 Comments The “second wave,” if prolonged, could cause bad loans to almost triple, to €1.4 trillion, says the ECB.
Bite the Bullet or Extend & Pretend? Unemployment in Europe by Nick Corbishley • Aug 8, 2020 • 65 Comments 45 million people have been furloughed in Germany, the UK, France, Italy, and Spain, but the “unemployment” rate barely budged. Creating government-subsidized zombie companies & zombie jobs?
These Airlines, Financial Black Holes for Years, Now Face the Pandemic by MC01 • Jul 13, 2020 • 58 Comments Dogged by everything from bloated costs to corruption.
Negative-Interest Rate Champion Bank of France Now Frets About Ballooning Corporate Debt by Nick Corbishley • Jun 29, 2020 • 36 Comments Central-Bank Forked-Tongue Syndrome.
