Is All Lost? Record Share Buybacks But Stocks Get Crushed by Wolf Richter • Dec 18, 2018 • 98 Comments The vengeance of share buybacks: buyback queen Apple plunges.
Who Exactly Mopped up $1.33 Trillion of New US Government Debt over the Past 12 months? by Wolf Richter • Dec 17, 2018 • 78 Comments Debt out the wazoo, but someone is still buying it.
US Natural Gas Plunges, Unwinds Spike that Blew Up Hedge Fund by Wolf Richter • Dec 17, 2018 • 30 Comments After the blood has been let, the feeding frenzy subsides, which is also brutal.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • Dec 16, 2018 • 64 Comments Peak “Everything Bubble?” The data is piling up.
The Trucking Boom Ends by Wolf Richter • Dec 15, 2018 • 68 Comments But no letup in freight rates yet.
US Banks Disclose Biggest Unrealized Losses on Security Investments since Q1 2009: FDIC by Wolf Richter • Dec 13, 2018 • 36 Comments The price of rising interest rates.
Parker Drilling Bankruptcy Kicks off “Oil Bust 2” by Wolf Richter • Dec 12, 2018 • 26 Comments But look how the bonds got manipulated up 24% in one minute at the close.
US Bank Stocks Spiral Down by Wolf Richter • Dec 11, 2018 • 86 Comments Something’s not right: Banks are heavily exposed to record business debt as credit quality deteriorates.
China Auto Sales Plunge, Face First Annual Decline in 30 Years by Wolf Richter • Dec 11, 2018 • 60 Comments Industry panics, overcapacity spreads, but government brushes off the wailing and gnashing of teeth, looks to EVs.
“Severe Collapse” of Home Prices Might Trigger a “Financial-Institution Crisis” in Australia: OECD Frets about the Banks by Wolf Richter • Dec 10, 2018 • 94 Comments “Authorities should prepare contingency plans.” The big four banks are too exposed to mortgages. Even if they don’t topple, the economy will get hit.
