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.
What Can Cause the Next Mortgage Crisis in the US? by Wolf Richter • Sep 16, 2018 • 96 Comments The soothingly low mortgage delinquency rate is a deceptive indicator: the New York Fed weighs in.
My “Free” Advice for Sears Holding CEO Eddie Lampert by Wolf Richter • Sep 14, 2018 • 103 Comments “Don’t write any more blog posts to blame pensioners for the collapse of Sears Holding after you wasted $5.8 billion on share buybacks.”
Dead Meat Walking: Sears Revenue & Store Count to Hit Zero by 2020 by Wolf Richter • Sep 13, 2018 • 54 Comments Defying my dictum that nothing goes to hell in a straight line.
