Massive Volatility in the Markets, Inflation out the Wazoo, Effects of Higher Interest Rates on Stocks & Real Estate, and Will High Oil Prices Cause a Recession? by Wolf Richter • Mar 14, 2022 • 67 Comments And here I am, seeing 10% CPI inflation coming this year.
Why This is the Most Reckless Fed Ever, and What I Think the Fed Should Do to Reverse and Mitigate the Effects of its Policy Errors by Wolf Richter • Mar 12, 2022 • 363 Comments The Fed’s credibility shifted from Inflation Fighter under Volcker to Wealth Disparity Creator and Inflation Arsonist under Powell. And everyone knows it.
DocuSign Shows How Gigantic the Blind Raging Mania Was and How it Suddenly Went to Heck by Wolf Richter • Mar 11, 2022 • 85 Comments And then there were the raging-mania Convertible Bonds with a conversion price of $420, hahaha.
Alibaba Plunges Below First-Day Closing Price in 2014. Golden Dragon China ETF Plunges Below its 2007 Price by Wolf Richter • Mar 10, 2022 • 78 Comments The massacre of the China ADRs. Dip buyers got taken out on stretchers.
WHOOSH, Dollar’s Purchasing Power Plunges in February as Inflation Spreads Across Services, Fed Still Pours Fuel on It by Wolf Richter • Mar 10, 2022 • 180 Comments This doesn’t even include the spike in food and energy prices over the past few weeks. They’ll show up later.
Crazy Volatility Rocks Markets, Crude Oil WTI Flash-Crashes, Treasury Yields Jump, European Stocks Spike, US Stocks Bounce by Wolf Richter • Mar 9, 2022 • 97 Comments White knuckle moments as nothing goes to heck in a straight line?
Labor Shortages Shift to Higher-Paying Industries, “Quits” Decline for Second Month but Still in the Astronomical Zone by Wolf Richter • Mar 9, 2022 • 90 Comments Is the collapse of the formerly high-flying stocks bringing day-traders back into the labor force?
How Much Russian Crude Oil & Petroleum Product Does the US Import? Where Does it Go? How Much Impact Will the Russian Oil Ban Have? by Wolf Richter • Mar 8, 2022 • 163 Comments One more complication in the vast global oil trade, even for the US, one of the largest producers in the world and a big exporter.
Nickel Futures Spike Ridiculously, Trading Halted, in Short Squeeze on Chinese Tycoon Facing Billions in Losses by Wolf Richter • Mar 8, 2022 • 69 Comments Shorted nickel to hedge rising output and on a bet the rally in nickel at the time would fade in 2022. Then came the sanctions.
Now the Giant Tech Stocks and Big Four Banks Got Crushed, Airline Stocks Collapsed by Wolf Richter • Mar 7, 2022 • 120 Comments Some big gainers too, as everyone plowed into energy, mining, and fertilizers.
