Wolf Richter

I’m Just the Little Guy Between the Boots of Giants, but I’m Having a Blast. Dear Readers, Please Donate to WOLF STREET

by Wolf Richter • Apr 18, 2021 • 16 Comments

My Site Will Remain Open for All to Read, Even as More Sites Put Up Paywalls.

The Whole Inflationary Mindset Has Changed: People Are Paying Sharply Higher Vehicle Prices Instead of Going on Buyers’ Strike

by Wolf Richter • Apr 18, 2021 • 34 Comments

Wolf Richter on “This Week in Money.”

Stock Market Leverage in La-La Land, Rises to Historic WTF High

by Wolf Richter • Apr 17, 2021 • 228 Comments

Archegos shows how leverage is the great accelerator of stock prices on the way up, and on the way down. One of its bets, ViacomCBS collapsed by 60%.

Applications for New Businesses Have a Double-WTF Moment

by Wolf Richter • Apr 16, 2021 • 96 Comments

People massively chased their dream and started new businesses, and that is wonderful. Then there’s the issue of large-scale PPP loan fraud.

The Retail WTF Charts of the Year, Powered by $1,400-Stimmies and Massive Price Increases

by Wolf Richter • Apr 15, 2021 • 208 Comments

The government better not ever stop dousing consumers with free money.

More Signs of Cooling Demand: Mortgage Applications to Purchase a Home Drop Below 2019 for First Time in Pandemic Housing Craziness amid Higher Interest Rates

by Wolf Richter • Apr 14, 2021 • 165 Comments

And refinance mortgage applications plunged by over half from 2020 spike.

A Fraudster is Impersonating “Wolf Richter” via Email to Rip People Off: If You Get that Email, Do NOT Reply to it. It’s a Scam

by Wolf Richter • Apr 14, 2021 • 79 Comments

I’ve Arrived. My name is finally big enough in finance to be used by a fraudster. But the brain-dead garbage in the email is funny and obviously fake to those who’ve been reading my stuff.

Dollar’s Purchasing Power Drops Sharply to Record Low, But It’s a Lot Worse than CPI Shows

by Wolf Richter • Apr 13, 2021 • 231 Comments

If the homeownership component in CPI mirrors the Case-Shiller Home Price Index, CPI would jump 5.1%! Not to speak of new & used vehicle prices, which I nevertheless speak of.

I Now Track the Most Important Measure of the Fed’s Economy: the “Wealth Effect” and How it Impacts Americans Individually

by Wolf Richter • Apr 12, 2021 • 333 Comments

The Fed provides the data quarterly, I dissect it at the stunning per-capita level.

How the “Affordability Crisis” Migrated from High-Income Rental Markets, as Manhattan & San Francisco, to Lower Income Markets, as Detroit & Fresno

by Wolf Richter • Apr 9, 2021 • 253 Comments

The distortions caused by the shift to working from anywhere are hitting households that can least afford it.

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