Now Nickel Goes Bananas, Spikes 73% in One Day, on Russia Sanctions, Shipping Chaos, Massive Short Squeeze by Wolf Richter • Mar 7, 2022 • 89 Comments Why is anyone still short these metals?
Crude Oil WTI Futures Go Bananas, Briefly Spike to $130: And this Is What’s Happening at my Gas Station by Wolf Richter • Mar 6, 2022 • 265 Comments Speculators are reacting to other speculators who are reacting to whatever.
Stocks in Germany, the UK, France, Italy, and Spain Plunge Below Year 2000 Levels: Buy-and-Hold Horror Shows by Wolf Richter • Mar 6, 2022 • 204 Comments Food for thought in light of the biggest stock market bubble in the US ever.
It’s the Airline Stocks Again: Ugly Day, Ugly Week, Ugly Long Term by Wolf Richter • Mar 4, 2022 • 106 Comments My Airlines Index plunged 14% for the week. Long-term, it’s even worse: -45% since Jan. 2018.
Even Soaring Wages Got Crushed by Inflation in Hot Labor Market: Fed Gets More Rate-Hike Ammo (as if it Needed More) by Wolf Richter • Mar 4, 2022 • 105 Comments Production and nonsupervisory employees had biggest year-over-year wage gains since 1982, but they too were outrun by inflation.
Shares of SoftBank-Backed Grab, Biggest SPAC Ever, Collapse. Dating App and IPO Miracle Bumble Crashes by Wolf Richter • Mar 3, 2022 • 106 Comments On today’s menu of imploded stocks are two extra-specials.
Growth Hindered by “Supply Chain Disruptions, Capacity Constraints, Inflation, Logistical Challenges, Labor Shortages” by Wolf Richter • Mar 3, 2022 • 117 Comments Here’s what executives in those industries said.
Here Goes Another Highflyer: Buffett Darling Snowflake Crashes by Wolf Richter • Mar 2, 2022 • 119 Comments Cloud software hype comes home to roost.
Bank of Canada Front-Runs the Fed, Hikes Interest Rates, Citing Hot Inflation & Even More Inflationary Pressures by Wolf Richter • Mar 2, 2022 • 104 Comments Rates “need to rise further.” Balance sheet already shrank by 14%, more shrinkage to come.
This Stock Market Is Coming Unglued Stock by Stock by Wolf Richter • Mar 1, 2022 • 149 Comments The mayhem that has totally crushed one stock after another for a year breaks through the surface. Transcript from my podcast.
