What Are Zombie Retail Stores Really Worth: Answers Emerge by Wolf Richter • Mar 22, 2018 • 53 Comments “Little or nothing.” Toys “R” Us and its commercial mortgage backed securities.
What the Fed’s “Dot Plot” Said About 4 Rate Hikes in 2018 by Wolf Richter • Mar 21, 2018 • 37 Comments But one-third of voting slots are vacant: What will the “New Fed” do?
Was Carillion’s Collapse the Beginning of the End for UK’s Outsourcing Sector? by Don Quijones • Mar 21, 2018 • 23 Comments Two large British outsourcers are also on the verge of collapse, and the vultures are circling.
How Much Does it Really Cost to Buy a Luxury Condo in San Francisco, Not Live in it for 10 Years, Then Sell at a Loss? by Wolf Richter • Mar 21, 2018 • 47 Comments A lot, as the co-founder of YouTube is finding out.
Then Why Is Anyone STILL on Facebook? by Wolf Richter • Mar 20, 2018 • 174 Comments Where’s the panicked rush to “delete” accounts?
EU Bad-Loan-Fiasco-Reform Loses Teeth, Adds Sweeteners for Banks (Funded by Taxpayers) by Don Quijones • Mar 20, 2018 • 9 Comments After much lobbying, guidelines for banks become “non-binding expectations,” says the ECB.
What Are We Going to Do with these Plunging Mall REITs? by Wolf Richter • Mar 19, 2018 • 57 Comments Brick & Mortar Meltdown: Weakest plunged 80%, the strongest “only” 30%.
The Price of M&A: After Gutting HP, Autonomy Strikes Again by Wolf Richter • Mar 19, 2018 • 35 Comments Micro Focus plunges 46% today, six months after its $8.8 billion acquisition of Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
What’s Going on in the Treasury Market? by Wolf Richter • Mar 18, 2018 • 45 Comments Will we see a “monetary shock?”
Why the Investment Outlook is Unappealing Going Forward by Wolf Richter • Mar 18, 2018 • 63 Comments Most asset prices, after soaring in near-unison over the past 8 years, are targeted, also in near-unison, for a haircut.
