Fed’s Balance Sheet Reduction Reaches $402 Billion by Wolf Richter • Jan 4, 2019 • 114 Comments The QE unwind has started to rattle some nerves.
Carmageddon for GM, Ford & Toyota: 3rd Down-Year in a Row. Industry Sales Below 2015. Hyundai-Kia Drop 11% in 2 Years. BMW & Mercedes-Benz Fizzle by Wolf Richter • Jan 4, 2019 • 115 Comments But average transaction prices rise to record highs.
Markets Are in a Tizzy. So What Will the Fed Do? by Wolf Richter • Jan 3, 2019 • 111 Comments Investors are waking up after years of somnolent money-making.
iPhone Sales Croak, China’s Economy Deteriorating Faster than Expected, Apple Warns. Shares Plunge by Wolf Richter • Jan 2, 2019 • 181 Comments “We did not foresee the magnitude of the economic deceleration,” it said, starting the year out on the right foot.
The Housing Bust in Sydney & Melbourne, Oh My! by Wolf Richter • Jan 2, 2019 • 45 Comments But it wasn’t the central bank that pricked the bubble; its interest rate is at a record low!
Long-Term “Buy & Hold” Crushed Stockholders in Largest Markets Except US & India. But for the US, Luck’s Running Out by Wolf Richter • Jan 1, 2019 • 99 Comments Ugly long-term charts that Wall Street doesn’t want us to see. And now US stocks are infected too.
US Dollar Status as Global Reserve Currency? by Wolf Richter • Dec 31, 2018 • 115 Comments To diminish the dollar’s role as a global reserve currency, central banks would have to dump the dollar. So, let’s see.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • Dec 30, 2018 • 74 Comments How the Corporate Debt Bubble Will Crush Stocks.
Carmageddon for New Cars, But Used Cars are Hot by Wolf Richter • Dec 29, 2018 • 119 Comments The price of going upscale: New cars are too damn expensive, and Americans aren’t buying them anymore.
“Leveraged Loans” Bite: Record-Bad Year-End for Loan Mutual Funds & ETFs by Wolf Richter • Dec 28, 2018 • 34 Comments Forced selling in the once red-hot $1.3-trillion “leveraged loan” market.
