Bitcoin Drops to $5,860, Lowest since October 2017. True Believers with Fake Hopes Got Cleaned Out by Early Movers by Wolf Richter • Jun 24, 2018 • 127 Comments Down 70% from the peak. This is just not fun anymore.
This Deal Shows How the Junk-Credit Market is Still Irrationally Exuberant by Wolf Richter • Jun 22, 2018 • 54 Comments One of the biggest such deals ever, happening now: How investors allow a group of PE firms to extract $3.75 billion from a company after they’d already extracted billions.
Next Central Bank Puts QE Unwind on the Calendar by Wolf Richter • Jun 21, 2018 • 67 Comments The end of an era spreads.
Online Retailers Lose State Tax Subsidy by Wolf Richter • Jun 21, 2018 • 95 Comments Up to $13 billion in 2017. Brick-and-mortar gets some relief. Consumers not amused.
Why a US-Style Housing Bust & Mortgage Crisis Can Happen in Canada, Australia, and Other Bubble Markets by Wolf Richter • Jun 20, 2018 • 80 Comments Despite persistent and false memes to the contrary.
The Smart Money Gets Ready for the Next Credit Event by Wolf Richter • Jun 19, 2018 • 65 Comments “It feels like we’re about 12 months away, but we could get into extended innings.”
Shanghai Plunges 3.2%, below 3,000 for 1st Time in 2 Years, After Trump Threatens to Massively Escalate Trade War and China Threatens to Massively Retaliate by Wolf Richter • Jun 19, 2018 • 117 Comments Apparently, the trade talks have collapsed.
Chasing Yield during ZIRP & NIRP Evidently Starved Human Brains of Oxygen. Now the Price Is Due by Wolf Richter • Jun 18, 2018 • 41 Comments See Argentina’s 100-year dollar-bond and emerging-market dollar “turmoil” as the Hot Money flees.
Trucking, Rail Freight Prices Surge, Trigger “Inflationary Concerns” by Wolf Richter • Jun 18, 2018 • 57 Comments Everything is spiking.
Next Mortgage Default Tsunami Isn’t Going to Drown Big Banks but “Shadow Banks” by Wolf Richter • Jun 17, 2018 • 62 Comments As banks pull back from mortgage lending amid inflated prices and rising rates, “shadow banks” have become very aggressive.
