The Oligopolization of Food Supply Hits a Snag by Don Quijones • Mar 3, 2018 • 53 Comments Three companies to control 60% of the world’s seed and pesticide markets.
Momentous Shift in US Natural Gas, with Global Consequences by Wolf Richter • Mar 2, 2018 • 59 Comments And this is just the beginning.
Fed’s QE Unwind Marches Forward Relentlessly by Wolf Richter • Mar 1, 2018 • 82 Comments During the sell-off, it ignored the whiners on Wall Street.
The Brick & Mortar Retail Meltdown, February Update by Wolf Richter • Mar 1, 2018 • 34 Comments Despite protestations to the contrary, it continues with a mechanistic air of inevitability.
A Peculiar Phenomenon in the Rental Market Gets a Lot More Peculiar by Wolf Richter • Feb 28, 2018 • 34 Comments Besides that, rents are in free-fall in Chicago, decline in Seattle, plunge here, soar there, city by city.
Will Italy’s Banking Crisis Spawn a New Frankenbank? by Don Quijones • Feb 28, 2018 • 19 Comments “Operation Overlord.”
I Didn’t Think it Would Go This Fast: Mortgage Rates Blamed for 3-Year Low in Pending Home Sales by Wolf Richter • Feb 28, 2018 • 68 Comments But it just started. Could it be the new tax law and sky-high home prices?
Powell Joins Four-Rate-Hikes-in-2018 Chorus, Markets Tank by Wolf Richter • Feb 27, 2018 • 83 Comments Markets are still in denial about the increasingly hawkish Fed.
Update on the Splendid Housing Bubbles in US Cities by Wolf Richter • Feb 27, 2018 • 66 Comments A story of spikes and new flat spots.
A New Cunning Plan to Allay Banking Jitters is Hatched in Spain by Don Quijones • Feb 27, 2018 • 22 Comments But there’s a problem with the plan.
