High Home Prices, Rising Mortgage Rates, Wall Street’s Resurging Buy-to-Rent Scheme Hit Pending Home Sales by Wolf Richter • May 31, 2018 • 53 Comments The trend is becoming clear.
ECB Reacts (Unofficially) to NIRP’s Revenge in Italy by Wolf Richter • May 30, 2018 • 43 Comments Bond turmoil, no problem. But if Italy doesn’t stick to the rules, the ECB might let the bonds go, “safeguard the remaining Eurozone members,” and “merely control the disaster.”
NIRP’s Revenge: Italian Bonds Plunge, Worst Day in Decades by Wolf Richter • May 29, 2018 • 74 Comments Markets wail and gnash their teeth as “normalization” of Italian yields sets in.
Update on the Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America by Wolf Richter • May 29, 2018 • 114 Comments Some beautiful spikes too.
“For New Money Only”: Banks Fight for Deposits, But if You Don’t Jump Through Hoops, You Get “Punishment Rates” by Wolf Richter • May 28, 2018 • 60 Comments HSBC makes it official.
Is This the Next Big Retailer to Melt Down? Its Bonds Crashed by Wolf Richter • May 25, 2018 • 102 Comments It was bought out by a PE firm, saddled with $8 billion in debt, and grapples with its fate.
US Gasoline Exports Surge, as Price Hits $3 for Memorial Day, $3.69 in California by Wolf Richter • May 25, 2018 • 81 Comments Business is business.
Riskiest Junk Bonds Still Blissful in La-La Land, High-Grade Bonds Bleed. Apple’s Fault? by Wolf Richter • May 24, 2018 • 24 Comments The Fed will keep tightening until these junk bonds buckle.
Oops, It’s Starting, Says This Chart from the FDIC by Wolf Richter • May 23, 2018 • 87 Comments And its eerie exhortations to the banks to prepare for a downturn to avoid “undue disruption to the financial system.”
What Will Surging Mortgage Rates Do to Housing Bubble 2? by Wolf Richter • May 23, 2018 • 93 Comments The impact on home buyers, and the market, in dollars and cents.
