Introducing My New Fed Hawk-O-Meter by Wolf Richter • Aug 22, 2018 • 72 Comments It spikes 150% from year ago. Caveats apply. Grain of salt helpful.
Another Sears Holdings Spinoff Dies by Wolf Richter • Aug 22, 2018 • 55 Comments Lowe’s finally seems to get the brick-and-mortar meltdown.
Subprime Begins to Haunt Credit Card Balances by Wolf Richter • Aug 21, 2018 • 60 Comments Delinquencies soar past Financial-Crisis peak at the nearly 5,000 smaller US banks, and these are the good times. What’s going on?
Average Age of Cars & Trucks by Household Income and Vehicle Type over Time by Wolf Richter • Aug 21, 2018 • 79 Comments A deep dive based on the report by the Federal Highway Administration for 2017 compared to 2009.
The Hype is No Longer with Tesla: Suppliers & Creditors Start to Fret by Wolf Richter • Aug 20, 2018 • 82 Comments 18 of 22 suppliers believe Tesla is now a financial risk to their companies.
Dagong, which Slashed the US to BBB+, Suspended in China for Selling Fake AA and AAA Ratings to Chinese Outfits by Wolf Richter • Aug 20, 2018 • 32 Comments China struggles to contain its corporate bond morass.
Don’t Fall for This Scary “Critical Alert from Microsoft” Scam that just Happened to Me by Wolf Richter • Aug 19, 2018 • 109 Comments Here’s how I dealt with it — screenshots and all. And now you can have some fun at their expense, literally.
Toxic Mix in Canada: Spiking Inflation, Variable-Rate Mortgages, and a Housing Bubble by Wolf Richter • Aug 18, 2018 • 52 Comments What will the Bank of Canada do?
E-Commerce Does it Again: The Stores that Got Pummeled by Wolf Richter • Aug 17, 2018 • 65 Comments Even brick-and-mortar sales at our hero-of-the-day Nordstrom actually fell!
What Truckers & Railroads Just Said about the US Economy by Wolf Richter • Aug 16, 2018 • 24 Comments It’s cyclical.
