Who Bought the $1.36 Trillion of New US National Debt over the Past 12 Months? by Wolf Richter • Aug 15, 2018 • 63 Comments Russia, Japan, and the Fed dumped, China hung in there…. But who bought?
Rise of US Dollar Haunts Emerging Market Debt by Wolf Richter • Aug 14, 2018 • 56 Comments A vicious cycle, kicked off by cheap debt that’s suddenly not cheap, after 8 years of experimental monetary policies.
The Price of Cheap Dollar/Euro Debts: Local Currencies Come Unglued, Debt Crises Ensue by Wolf Richter • Aug 13, 2018 • 62 Comments Grand Collapse in Turkey; to avoid the same fate, Argentina hikes rate to 45%.
Anatomy of the Housing-Market Inflection Point in the Bay Area’s Sonoma County: Insider View by Wolf Richter • Aug 13, 2018 • 87 Comments The inflection point was in June. This is how inflection points show up at the subcutaneous level in all housing markets.
Saudi Arabia’s PIF and SoftBank Not Interested in Tesla Buyout by Wolf Richter • Aug 11, 2018 • 57 Comments Two often-cited suspects are axed. So where’s the “secured” funding supposed to come from?
Rate Hike Ammo, Even Without Food & Energy by Wolf Richter • Aug 10, 2018 • 59 Comments Core CPI jumps the most since 2008.
What’s Going On in the Used Car & Truck Market? by Wolf Richter • Aug 9, 2018 • 72 Comments As “affordability challenges” hit new vehicles, consumers switch to used, prices spike to record, inflation psychology sets in.
The State of the American Debt Slaves, Q2 2018 by Wolf Richter • Aug 8, 2018 • 132 Comments Let the good times roll.
Cyclical Heavy-Truck Industry Soars to Cloud 9 by Wolf Richter • Aug 8, 2018 • 23 Comments “It is a bizarre occurrence and it will not be resolved soon.”
This is Precisely Why I’ve Been Saying: Don’t Short Tesla or Anything in This Crazy Market by Wolf Richter • Aug 7, 2018 • 157 Comments CEO goes nuts, spaghetti-code algos & consensually hallucinating humans lap it up.