My Inner Contrarian Wakes Up: Gold Short Positions Hit Record by Wolf Richter • Aug 24, 2018 • 114 Comments Speculators in gold price futures are short 670 tonnes – the biggest bearish position in 25 years.
How Losing-Money-in-Real-Estate Becomes Cool by John McNellis • Aug 24, 2018 • 23 Comments Compass, a real-estate-brokerage unicorn with $800 million in venture funding and a $2.2 billion “valuation,” disrupts – itself?
Here Comes the 2nd Wave of Big Money in the “Buy-to-Rent” Scheme by Wolf Richter • Aug 23, 2018 • 127 Comments A different set of private-equity firms, at the peak of the market, as brokers constantly blame low inventories of single-family houses for sky-high prices.
Facebook Tries to Clean Up its Tattered Image by Safehaven • Aug 23, 2018 • 22 Comments Suddenly in a hurry to remove discriminatory ads.
Introducing My New Fed Hawk-O-Meter by Wolf Richter • Aug 22, 2018 • 72 Comments It spikes 150% from year ago. Caveats apply. Grain of salt helpful.
Another Sears Holdings Spinoff Dies by Wolf Richter • Aug 22, 2018 • 55 Comments Lowe’s finally seems to get the brick-and-mortar meltdown.
Subprime Begins to Haunt Credit Card Balances by Wolf Richter • Aug 21, 2018 • 60 Comments Delinquencies soar past Financial-Crisis peak at the nearly 5,000 smaller US banks, and these are the good times. What’s going on?
Petro-Yuan Not Quite Yet: Chinese Oil Futures a Risky Endeavor by Irina Slav • Aug 21, 2018 • 19 Comments The death of the petrodollar has been delayed.
Average Age of Cars & Trucks by Household Income and Vehicle Type over Time by Wolf Richter • Aug 21, 2018 • 79 Comments A deep dive based on the report by the Federal Highway Administration for 2017 compared to 2009.
The Hype is No Longer with Tesla: Suppliers & Creditors Start to Fret by Wolf Richter • Aug 20, 2018 • 82 Comments 18 of 22 suppliers believe Tesla is now a financial risk to their companies.
