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.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • Dec 9, 2018 • 41 Comments The West Coast Housing Bubble Bursts Even Without Tech Bust, which is still to come.
Ugly Week for Stocks: Bad Sign that Even the WSJ’s Mega-Effort to Reflate them Fizzled by Wolf Richter • Dec 7, 2018 • 99 Comments Apple plunges. FANGMAN stocks down 10.4% for the week, down $1.12 trillion from peak.
Fed’s QE Unwind Reaches $374 Billion by Wolf Richter • Dec 6, 2018 • 74 Comments But how low might the Fed’s balance sheet go?
It’s Happening: San Francisco House & Condo Prices Fall by Wolf Richter • Dec 5, 2018 • 92 Comments House prices down $265,000 from peak, down $60,000 from year ago. America’s most majestic housing bubble begins to deflate.
