When Will Consumers Balk at Surging Prices? by Wolf Richter • Dec 1, 2021 • 235 Comments That’s the big question. Looking for signs of widespread push-back but not finding much. Consumers pay whatever.
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, November Update: Another Holy-Cow Moment by Wolf Richter • Nov 30, 2021 • 244 Comments In some cities, prices out-spiked even the craziness at the apex of Housing Bubble 1 before it fell apart. In others, the heat is getting dialed down.
Microsoft CEO Nadella Dumped 50% of his MSFT Stock, Following in Elon Musk’s Footsteps by Wolf Richter • Nov 29, 2021 • 134 Comments Insiders dumping big portions of their stakes after historic share-price spikes is a sight to behold.
Junk Bonds, Leveraged Loans, Buyouts by PE Firms, All Blow Past Records in Massive Chase for Yield amid Fed’s Easy Money by Wolf Richter • Nov 29, 2021 • 154 Comments La-la-land finance.
What’s Behind the Pile-Up of New Houses for Sale, Highest since 2008, as Construction Costs Spike Most in 42 Years, Projects Stall by Wolf Richter • Nov 27, 2021 • 223 Comments The supply chain mess bogs down home construction.
Red Friday: A Little Dip and Already the Crybabies on Wall Street are Clamoring for the Fed to Soothe their Pain by Wolf Richter • Nov 26, 2021 • 215 Comments But raging inflation is a political bitch, and the White House got the Fed to acknowledge it, and that changes the equation.
Each Worker’s Slice of After-Inflation-Income Pie Is Shrinking. But No Problem, They Spend Heroically by Wolf Richter • Nov 25, 2021 • 114 Comments A look at per-worker personal income, what’s left of it after inflation.
Fed’s Lowest Lowball Inflation Measure Spikes to Worst-Hottest 31-Year High. Powell Groans and Mutters by Wolf Richter • Nov 24, 2021 • 273 Comments But the Fed has now backed off its ridiculous claims and is taking inflation more seriously.
Best Buy Shares Plunge on Margin Pressures, “Organized Retail Crime”: A Look at Organized Retail Crime in the US and How Ecommerce Turned it into a Big Business by Wolf Richter • Nov 23, 2021 • 209 Comments Stolen goods get sold to law-abiding Americans by third-party vendors on big ecommerce sites that profit from it. Legislation to control it struggles.
Powell & Brainard Suddenly Make Inflation #1 Priority in their Thank-You Statements by Wolf Richter • Nov 22, 2021 • 302 Comments Looks like the start of a U-Turn on inflation. 2-year & 10-year yields jump.
