It Starts: Reverse Stock Splits for Collapsed SPACs & IPO Stocks. Bankruptcy for Others by Wolf Richter • Jul 20, 2022 • 143 Comments Reverse stock splits keep them from getting delisted. But some didn’t even get that far and filed for bankruptcy, like, WOW that was fast.
Housing Bubble Woes: Sales of Homes Below $500K Plunge, Total Sales Drop to Lowest since Lockdown, Supply Jumps by Wolf Richter • Jul 20, 2022 • 204 Comments The magic of ridiculously inflated home prices meeting holy-moly mortgage rates.
San Francisco Bay Area, Southern California Home Sales Crater, Prices Begin to Drop. California Pending Sales Collapse 40% by Wolf Richter • Jul 19, 2022 • 198 Comments The first year-over-year price declines crop up as the crazy California housing market “normalizes” amid holy-moly mortgage rates.
Leverage v. Stock Market “Events”: Margin Debt Plunged in June by Wolf Richter • Jul 19, 2022 • 96 Comments Few took the warning seriously that margin debt issued last year.
Housing Bubble Getting Ready to Pop: Traffic of Prospective Buyers of New Houses Plunges, Homebuilders Cut Prices, Sentiment Dives by Wolf Richter • Jul 18, 2022 • 266 Comments Homebuilder stocks have been wobbling lower all year, now down between 24% and 40%.
What Freight Volume and Freight Rates Say About the Shift of Consumer Spending from Goods Back to Services by Wolf Richter • Jul 18, 2022 • 64 Comments Freight volume is down from the red-hot levels last year, but remains relatively high, after the grotesquely overstimulated demand last year.
New Vehicle Inventory Stuck Near Record Low, Shortages Shift to Fuel-Efficient Cars, Prices Hit Record. But Used Vehicle Price Spike Runs out of Fuel amid Plenty of Supply by Wolf Richter • Jul 16, 2022 • 141 Comments Still the strangest auto market ever.
Americans Not in the Mood for a Recession: Splurging on Goods, Flocking to Restaurants by Wolf Richter • Jul 15, 2022 • 294 Comments But inflation is eating everyone’s lunch.
Large-scale Gasoline Demand Destruction Hits Sky-High Prices in Peak Driving Season: Gasoline Consumption Drops to July 1999 Level by Wolf Richter • Jul 14, 2022 • 189 Comments Some demand destruction is behavioral and may bounce back; some is structural, growing, and long term: The decline of an industry.
US Dollar Exchange Rates and Inflation: What’s Next? by Wolf Richter • Jul 14, 2022 • 127 Comments The USD had a heck of a ride, which kept inflation from spiking even further. But it may not last much longer.