Does the US Still Need to Rely on China to Buy Treasuries? by Wolf Richter • Jan 19, 2018 • 62 Comments Or will China’s waning appetite for US Treasuries cause a disruption in the Treasury market?
Is This Now the Biggest Oil Collapse in History? by Nick Cunningham • Jan 18, 2018 • 29 Comments Venezuela submitted a staggering figure.
Albertsons/Safeway Loses Grocery War, Lidl Gives Up? by Wolf Richter • Jan 18, 2018 • 66 Comments Price war by Amazon-Whole Foods and Aldi scuttle Albertsons’ IPO hopes as customer traffic and same-store sales drop despite promos and price cuts.
Crypto Collapse Crushes Hedge Funds that Touted Huge Gains for 2017 by Wolf Richter • Jan 17, 2018 • 140 Comments Are they causing the rout by trying to get large sums out of an illiquid market?
In Brexit Tug-of-War, EU Aims at City of London’s Tax-Haven Empire by Don Quijones • Jan 17, 2018 • 14 Comments But the EU keeps tripping over its own tax havens.
Asset Class of Vintage Cars Drops More than during 2008/2009 by Wolf Richter • Jan 16, 2018 • 73 Comments But this time, there’s no Financial Crisis, and no QE in sight.
This is What Happened to Sales & Prices of Manhattan Office Buildings as Chinese Buyers are Suddenly “Absent” by Wolf Richter • Jan 16, 2018 • 92 Comments The formerly hottest trophy market gets a dose of reality.
Collapse of Construction Giant with 43,000 Employees Globally Sparks Fear and Mayhem by Don Quijones • Jan 15, 2018 • 60 Comments “The company that runs Britain”: profits were privatized, costs will be socialized.
Commercial Real Estate Suffers First Down-Year since 2009 by Wolf Richter • Jan 15, 2018 • 59 Comments A blistering boom, backed by $4.3 trillion in bank loans, ends.
“Blockchain Bonds?” Struggling German Telco Joins Bandwagon by Don Quijones • Jan 14, 2018 • 22 Comments But to no avail for its crushed shares.
