What I Wrote to the White House about Trade & Tariffs by Wolf Richter • Sep 23, 2018 • 107 Comments That Trump is bungling the debate became clear when he was getting bashed like a sitting duck from all sides: Corporate America, China, the EU, other entities that would lose, and their propaganda outlets in the media.
My Long View of the “Yield-Curve Inversion” by Wolf Richter • Sep 22, 2018 • 73 Comments All bull markets come to an end, even the 35-year Great Bond Bull Market.
Seattle’s Rental Bubble Meets its Inflection Point by Wolf Richter • Sep 21, 2018 • 41 Comments Construction boom, flood of new high-end apartments, not enough demand, rising vacancy rates, and the biggest concessions since the Great Recession.
HELOCs in the US & Canada: As “Scarred” Americans Learned Bitter Lesson, Canadians Went Nuts by Wolf Richter • Sep 20, 2018 • 107 Comments Home-equity-loan balances in Canada per capita are now 3.3 times what they were in the US during HELOC peak before it all collapsed.
Mortgage Rates Head to 6%, 10-Year Yield to 4%, Yield Curve Fails to “Invert,” and Fed Keeps Hiking by Wolf Richter • Sep 19, 2018 • 81 Comments Nightmare scenario for the markets? They just shrugged. But homebuyers haven’t done the math yet.
Who Bought the $1.47 Trillion of New US National Debt over the Past 12 Months? by Wolf Richter • Sep 18, 2018 • 83 Comments China, Japan, other foreign investors, the Fed, US government funds? Nope.
Just How Wildly Exuberant is the Junk-Credit Market? by Wolf Richter • Sep 18, 2018 • 42 Comments This deal is “reminiscent of the kind of deal I would have seen in 2006 and 2007.” They’re still blowing off the Fed.
As of Sep 21, “Credit Freezes” & “Unfreezes” Will Be Free for All Americans by Wolf Richter • Sep 18, 2018 • 35 Comments After the uproar about the Equifax hack, Congress did do something. And credit freezes are now a lot easier to place and lift.
How Millennials Are Shifting the Housing Market by Wolf Richter • Sep 17, 2018 • 102 Comments They’re settling in urban centers. In many ZIP codes, they’re already the majority. And they spend their money on rent.
Meanwhile in China, Implosion of Stock-Market Double-Bubble by Wolf Richter • Sep 17, 2018 • 45 Comments Bubbles don’t end well for those who don’t get out in time.
