Is the “Petro-Yuan” a Credible Challenge to Dollar Supremacy? by Wolf Richter • Apr 15, 2018 • 44 Comments Wolf Richter with Jim Goddard on “This Week in Money.”
Our Dental Insurance Sent us “Free” Internet-Connected Toothbrushes. And this is What Happened Next by Wolf Richter • Apr 14, 2018 • 146 Comments When the product is “free,” WE are the product.
More Carmageddon at GM, Cuts Shift in Ohio, 1,500 Layoffs, as Cruze Sales Plunge. Production in Mexico Started in 2015 by Wolf Richter • Apr 13, 2018 • 62 Comments It already cut the third shift in 2017. Now it cut the second shift. Carmageddon but not Truckmageddon.
As Malls Get Crushed, Commercial Real Estate Prices Fall to Lowest in Nearly Two Years by Wolf Richter • Apr 13, 2018 • 33 Comments Leverage is why the Fed has been worried about the price bubble in CRE.
Google Saves Manhattan Office Market. Chinese Buyers Vanish by Wolf Richter • Apr 12, 2018 • 34 Comments One mega-deal at a mega price. The rest was dreary.
Fed Warns Markets: Don’t Get Spooked about Coming Spike in PCE Inflation by Wolf Richter • Apr 11, 2018 • 49 Comments Inflation day didn’t disappoint. “Underlying Inflation” hottest since July 2006.
How Much Are Banks Exposed to Subprime? More than we Think by Wolf Richter • Apr 11, 2018 • 49 Comments Wells Fargo has $81 billion in exposure to loans that, on paper, it isn’t exposed to.
The “Everything Bubble” & “Bubble Mentality,” Risks & Leverage, the Fed’s Response, Tesla, Netflix, LIBOR, and How it Might End by Wolf Richter • Apr 10, 2018 • 40 Comments Wolf Richter with Chris Martenson on Peak Prosperity’s Featured Voices.
Defaults of Retailers Hit “All-Time High” in Q1: Moody’s by Wolf Richter • Apr 10, 2018 • 29 Comments Brick-and-Mortar Meltdown sets record. And Q2 starts out on the right foot.
Retail Investor Bullishness Bites Dust after Huge Trump Spike by Wolf Richter • Apr 9, 2018 • 27 Comments A 39% plunge in three months. But it was spectacular while it lasted.