Did Someone Turn Off the Spigot? Global Semiconductor Sales Plunge Most Since the Financial Crisis by Wolf Richter • Apr 30, 2019 • 91 Comments According to chip makers, the plunge isn’t over yet. Now hoping it won’t turn into the mess as in 2001 when the last tech bubble became the dotcom bust.
Tesla Discloses Record Pollution Credits for Q1: Without Them, it Would Have Lost $918 Million and Bled $1.14 Billion in Cash by Wolf Richter • Apr 29, 2019 • 71 Comments The surprise in the SEC 10-Q filing when no one was supposed to pay attention.
San Francisco WOLF STREET Meetup, April 30: Last Details by Wolf Richter • Apr 29, 2019 • 54 Comments And pics of beautiful hand-created name tags some people will get.
How the Inventory Pileup Boosted Q1 Blowout GDP and What Carmageddon Has to Do with It by Wolf Richter • Apr 28, 2019 • 61 Comments A six-quarter surge, with first signs that some of it has started to unwind.
China Tries to Muscle in on Dollar as Dominant ‘Payments Currency,’ But It’s a Thankless Slog by Wolf Richter • Apr 26, 2019 • 59 Comments Dollar Hegemony is a tough nut to crack.
I Just Hope the Fed Won’t See This: US Economy Has Blowout First Quarter by Wolf Richter • Apr 26, 2019 • 75 Comments “Patient” may become less patient.
China, Other Emerging Asia Sink World Trade by Wolf Richter • Apr 25, 2019 • 43 Comments World trade volume falls most since Financial Crisis.
Tesla Reports Another Doozie by Wolf Richter • Apr 24, 2019 • 76 Comments The ruse that helped shares jump 20%.
Cut the Price and They Will Come: New House Prices Drop to December 2014 Level by Wolf Richter • Apr 23, 2019 • 63 Comments So Sales Finally Tick Up.
Stock-Market Margin Debt, after Plunging in Q4, Has Not Bounced Back Despite S&P 500 Historic Surge by Wolf Richter • Apr 23, 2019 • 33 Comments Leery investors?