Walmart’s Desperate $3.3 Billion Acquisition of Jet.com Fails. But it Now Discloses its US Online Sales, and They’re Big by Wolf Richter • Jun 13, 2019 • 60 Comments Ecommerce is an existential threat to Walmart, and it’s furiously trying to get on top of it, whatever the cost may be.
The Fed Calls it “Collateral Stripping.” These PE Firms Took it to the Next Level and Just Got Away With It by Wolf Richter • Jun 12, 2019 • 56 Comments Neiman Marcus newest disclosures – and what the crazy-hot IPO market has to do with it.
“The Market is Almost Always Wrong About What the Fed Will Do”: Chart by Wolf Richter • Jun 11, 2019 • 84 Comments The rate cuts for 2019 are a pipe-dream: Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank.
Was this the Very Minute of Peak-Insanity in IPO Stocks? by Wolf Richter • Jun 10, 2019 • 184 Comments Those who bet on the most obvious short in the history of mankind got the heads handed to them.
The Countries with the Most Monstrous Corporate Debt Pileups: US Fizzles in 24th Place! Canada Shines in 11th Place by Wolf Richter • Jun 10, 2019 • 73 Comments China’s corporations deleverage, forced or otherwise.
Used-Car Wholesale Prices Surge, Retail Volume Drops. New Cars Sink Deeper into Carmageddon by Wolf Richter • Jun 8, 2019 • 90 Comments Six charts on the used-vehicle market, plus my “Chart of Carmageddon” for new vehicles.
Amazon Gets Booted by FedEx by Wolf Richter • Jun 7, 2019 • 124 Comments FedEx has had it with Amazon’s tactics. Ecommerce draws up new battle lines – in the transportation sector.
Fed Balance Sheet Drops by $42 Billion in May, Sheds MBS at Fastest Pace, Starts the Reverse of Operation Twist by Wolf Richter • Jun 6, 2019 • 56 Comments But where the heck is the “U-Turn?”
Here’s My Prediction: If the Fed Doesn’t Cut Rates 3 or 4 Times by Dec 11, Markets Are Going to Crap by Wolf Richter • Jun 6, 2019 • 95 Comments Stock market and corporate bond market are in la-la-land, pricing in an economic boom. They’re not seeing a rate-cut economy. So why would the Fed?
What Collapsing Orders for Heavy Trucks – Down 71% from a Year Ago – Say about the U-Turn in Trucking by Wolf Richter • Jun 5, 2019 • 26 Comments “When times are tough, the thinking switches to the short-term. Many fleets are just fighting for survival.”
