Stock Market Leverage Spikes. Sparks Already Flew. Brokerage Regulator “Concerned.” But Hey, Nothing’s Going to Happen. by Wolf Richter • Feb 26, 2018 • 67 Comments Resting Happily on Smoldering Powder Keg.
In Search of 3%: The 10-Year Treasury Buffeted by Short Positions and Demand by Wolf Richter • Feb 26, 2018 • 26 Comments Hedge funds pare back bearish bets “by most since November.”
After its $10-Billion Loss in Q4, GE “Restates” Earnings for 2017 and 2016 by Wolf Richter • Feb 26, 2018 • 54 Comments A classic Friday night bad-news SEC-filing dump.
“It’s Not only Carillion that’s Built on Sand, it’s our Whole System of Corporate Accountability” by Don Quijones • Feb 25, 2018 • 51 Comments The construction & services giant collapsed even as KPMG signed off on its financial statements; now they deny any responsibility.
Why Buffett Pulled Back: Companies Overvalued after “Purchasing Frenzy” Fueled by “Cheap Debt” by Wolf Richter • Feb 25, 2018 • 61 Comments And why his “recent drought of acquisitions” is likely to continue.
US Gross National Debt Spikes $1 Trillion in Less Than 6 Months by Wolf Richter • Feb 24, 2018 • 97 Comments And these are the good times.
Surging Freight Costs Fire Up Inflation Fears by Wolf Richter • Feb 23, 2018 • 59 Comments “Pricing power has erupted…”
Return of Enron to the Energy Sector? by Leonard Hyman and Willian Tilles • Feb 23, 2018 • 13 Comments The lure of forever-cheap money. But now rates are going up.
Brick & Mortar Meltdown Hits These Stores the Most by Wolf Richter • Feb 22, 2018 • 80 Comments They’re the primary stores at malls.
New Subsidies For Coal, Nuclear in the Federal Budget by Leonard Hyman and Willian Tilles • Feb 22, 2018 • 31 Comments Nice to know our government is generous, even rewarding corporate failure.