After Coronavirus Measures, China’s Crude Oil Demand Plunges 20%: Industry Sources by Wolf Richter • Feb 3, 2020 • 82 Comments “Largest demand shock the oil market has suffered since the global financial crisis, and the most sudden since the Sept. 11 attacks.”
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: What Will the Coronavirus Do to the US & Chinese Economy? by Wolf Richter • Feb 2, 2020 • 179 Comments Is this the black-swan event people have been predicting for years?
Brexit Moment: Nigel Farage’s Dramatic Final Speech at the European Parliament (Video) by Wolf Richter • Feb 1, 2020 • 169 Comments The UK is out of the European Union, and “the rest frankly is detail.”
“In Aggregate,” Consumers Are Doing Pretty Good, But America’s Vast Income Disparity Skew the Data by Wolf Richter • Jan 31, 2020 • 101 Comments Consumers that added $1.3 trillion to their savings last year are not the ones who owe $1 trillion on their credit cards.
Student Enrollment Dropped 11% Since 2011, Student-Loan Balances Surged 74%. Why? by Wolf Richter • Jan 30, 2020 • 109 Comments What’s Behind the Screwed-Up Student Loan Fiasco?
US GDP Rose by $850 Billion in 2019 as US National Debt Surged by $1.2 Trillion. Debt-to-GDP Ratio Hit 108% by Wolf Richter • Jan 30, 2020 • 133 Comments Dream of 3% economic growth remained a dream despite surge in government borrowing and spending.
Tesla’s Revenues +2%, Auto Revenue +0.7%. Net Income Plunges 25%. Without “Regulatory Credits,” it Would Have Lost $28 Million. Annual Loss Hits $862 Million. Shares Spike 12% by Wolf Richter • Jan 29, 2020 • 137 Comments OK, let’s look at the Tesla magic briefly.
What Happens When Investors Stop Fueling Cash-Burn Machines: At MoviePass Parent, Everything Goes to Zero by Wolf Richter • Jan 29, 2020 • 94 Comments Shares, which at peak-hype spiked 1,200% in a month, go to zero. Board of Directors goes to zero. Executives go to zero. Sales already zero.
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, January Update by Wolf Richter • Jan 28, 2020 • 82 Comments Prices in New York City condo market, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle down to early 2018 levels. Chicago nearly flat from year ago. Other markets rise. Phoenix, Tampa, Charlotte surge.
Startup Unicorn Casper Sets IPO Price Range to Dish Out 36% Loss to Prior Investors by Wolf Richter • Jan 27, 2020 • 96 Comments Another money-losing, cash-burning, over-hyped unicorn in a ho-hum low-tech business (bedding retailer) tries to make it out the IPO window.
