US Dollar Refuses to Die as Global Reserve Currency — But Loses Ground by Wolf Richter • Sep 30, 2018 • 63 Comments Chinese RMB gains, but is inconsequential as central banks remain leery. Euro hangs on.
Why Rising Mortgage Rates Threaten Canada’s Banks by Wolf Richter • Sep 30, 2018 • 39 Comments Variable-rate and adjustable-rate mortgages dominate in Canada.
Musk Settles with SEC, Booted as Tesla Chairman. SEC Forces Tesla to Control his Lie-Tweets by Wolf Richter • Sep 29, 2018 • 57 Comments Not a slap on the wrist, but not a summary execution either.
Inversion Watch: Dancing the Global “Yield Curve” Tango? by Wolf Richter • Sep 29, 2018 • 13 Comments Treasury yield curve survives rate hike upright. Yield curves steepen in China, Japan & Germany. Era of NIRP scheduled to end.
The Rental Markets in America, from Hot to Cold by Wolf Richter • Sep 28, 2018 • 48 Comments By city, down to the neighborhood.
You Gave Facebook Your Phone Number for Security. They Used it for Ads by Electronic Frontier Foundation • Sep 28, 2018 • 35 Comments Even if you never handed over a phone number, Facebook can still get it and monetize it.
SEC Socks it to Tesla CEO Musk, Shreds his Paper Halo by Wolf Richter • Sep 27, 2018 • 86 Comments SEC charges him with securities fraud, seeks to oust him from Tesla.
These People Are Nuts: Pot Stocks Soar as Pot Prices Plummet by WOLF STREET Reader • Sep 27, 2018 • 47 Comments Beyond prohibition, it’s an ag business with no barriers to entry.
The Fed’s Not Backing Off: Powell’s Standouts & Zingers at the Press Conference by Wolf Richter • Sep 26, 2018 • 67 Comments The US is “on an unsustainable fiscal path, there’s no hiding from it.”
What Will Surging Mortgage Rates Do to Housing Bubble 2? by Wolf Richter • Sep 26, 2018 • 66 Comments 5% is here, 6% beckons as the next target.