Biggest Mess I’ve Ever Seen: Used-Vehicle Wholesale Prices Spike to Ridiculousness. Just Wait till they Hit CPI Again by Wolf Richter • Dec 7, 2021 • 37 Comments Supply suddenly jumps, Thanksgiving weekend gets credited.
Social Security COLA Calculations May Get Changed to CPI-E as Part of the Reform Bill. What Does it Mean for Retirees? by Wolf Richter • Dec 6, 2021 • 133 Comments Watch out for the costs of housing, medical care, and gasoline.
Mayhem Beneath the Surface of the Stock Market by Wolf Richter • Dec 5, 2021 • 271 Comments But on the surface, stocks still look hunky-dory.
Will Inflation Be Allowed to Run Wild? What a Crackdown on Inflation Will Do to Stocks, Bonds & Housing at these Prices by Wolf Richter • Dec 4, 2021 • 205 Comments With widespread, massive, and entrenched inflation, there is no soft landing.
People Balk at Regular Old Grind, Strike Out on the Own by Wolf Richter • Dec 3, 2021 • 166 Comments Number of Workers Jumps by Massive 1.14 Million in Nov as People Strike Out on Their Own. But Employers Can’t Fill Vacancies.
DocuSign, Worth $46 billion at 4 p.m., Plunges 30% Afterhours as “the Environment Shifted More Quickly than We Anticipated” by Wolf Richter • Dec 2, 2021 • 104 Comments At the tippy top of the greatest bubble ever, all kinds of stuff can happen.
Crushed Auto Sales, No Problem: Nov. was Most Profitable Month Ever for New Vehicle Sales as Americans Paid Whatever by Wolf Richter • Dec 2, 2021 • 163 Comments Thousands of dollars over sticker? I just don’t get this. Something big has changed in the brains of enough (but certainly not all) Americans.
When Will Consumers Balk at Surging Prices? by Wolf Richter • Dec 1, 2021 • 232 Comments That’s the big question. Looking for signs of widespread push-back but not finding much. Consumers pay whatever.
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, November Update: Another Holy-Cow Moment by Wolf Richter • Nov 30, 2021 • 244 Comments In some cities, prices out-spiked even the craziness at the apex of Housing Bubble 1 before it fell apart. In others, the heat is getting dialed down.
Microsoft CEO Nadella Dumped 50% of his MSFT Stock, Following in Elon Musk’s Footsteps by Wolf Richter • Nov 29, 2021 • 133 Comments Insiders dumping big portions of their stakes after historic share-price spikes is a sight to behold.
Junk Bonds, Leveraged Loans, Buyouts by PE Firms, All Blow Past Records in Massive Chase for Yield amid Fed’s Easy Money by Wolf Richter • Nov 29, 2021 • 154 Comments La-la-land finance.
What’s Behind the Pile-Up of New Houses for Sale, Highest since 2008, as Construction Costs Spike Most in 42 Years, Projects Stall by Wolf Richter • Nov 27, 2021 • 223 Comments The supply chain mess bogs down home construction.
Red Friday: A Little Dip and Already the Crybabies on Wall Street are Clamoring for the Fed to Soothe their Pain by Wolf Richter • Nov 26, 2021 • 215 Comments But raging inflation is a political bitch, and the White House got the Fed to acknowledge it, and that changes the equation.
Each Worker’s Slice of After-Inflation-Income Pie Is Shrinking. But No Problem, They Spend Heroically by Wolf Richter • Nov 25, 2021 • 114 Comments A look at per-worker personal income, what’s left of it after inflation.
Fed’s Lowest Lowball Inflation Measure Spikes to Worst-Hottest 31-Year High. Powell Groans and Mutters by Wolf Richter • Nov 24, 2021 • 273 Comments But the Fed has now backed off its ridiculous claims and is taking inflation more seriously.
Best Buy Shares Plunge on Margin Pressures, “Organized Retail Crime”: A Look at Organized Retail Crime in the US and How Ecommerce Turned it into a Big Business by Wolf Richter • Nov 23, 2021 • 209 Comments Stolen goods get sold to law-abiding Americans by third-party vendors on big ecommerce sites that profit from it. Legislation to control it struggles.
Powell & Brainard Suddenly Make Inflation #1 Priority in their Thank-You Statements by Wolf Richter • Nov 22, 2021 • 302 Comments Looks like the start of a U-Turn on inflation. 2-year & 10-year yields jump.
Home Sales Down 5.8% from Year Ago, amid Tight Inventory, “Increasing Affordability Challenges,” and Rising Mortgage Rates by Wolf Richter • Nov 22, 2021 • 121 Comments The phenomenon of a spurt in buying during the early phases of rising mortgage rates – until they reach a magic number.
The WOLF STREET F-150 XLT and Camry LE Price Index, Model Year 2022 Update: This is the Craziest Situation I’ve Ever Seen by Wolf Richter • Nov 20, 2021 • 230 Comments When trucks are advertised at $10,000 over MSRP, what does MSRP even mean? Now throwing shade on my fancy-schmancy proprietary index.
After Driving Corporate Bond & Junk-Bond Rally to Lowest Yields Ever, Fed Ends Bailout SPV with $513 Million Profit, Sends 90% to US Treasury by Wolf Richter • Nov 19, 2021 • 99 Comments By mid-September, the junk bond market started heading south.
