The Private Equity Firms at the Core of Brick & Mortar Retail Bankruptcies by Wolf Richter • Jan 22, 2018 • 97 Comments An astounding list of the meltdown: PE firms doomed the retailers.
The ‘Everything Bubble’ and What Happens if Credit Freezes Up in a Credit-Based Economy by Wolf Richter • Jan 21, 2018 • 62 Comments “It could get really messy.”
What Will Rising Mortgage Rates Do to Housing Bubble 2? by Wolf Richter • Jan 20, 2018 • 112 Comments Oops, they’re already rising.
$10-Billion IPO of Leveraged Buyout Queen Flops, Investors Bleed by Wolf Richter • Jan 19, 2018 • 28 Comments But private equity firm Apollo makes $2.4 billion “on paper.”
Does the US Still Need to Rely on China to Buy Treasuries? by Wolf Richter • Jan 19, 2018 • 62 Comments Or will China’s waning appetite for US Treasuries cause a disruption in the Treasury market?
Albertsons/Safeway Loses Grocery War, Lidl Gives Up? by Wolf Richter • Jan 18, 2018 • 66 Comments Price war by Amazon-Whole Foods and Aldi scuttle Albertsons’ IPO hopes as customer traffic and same-store sales drop despite promos and price cuts.
Crypto Collapse Crushes Hedge Funds that Touted Huge Gains for 2017 by Wolf Richter • Jan 17, 2018 • 140 Comments Are they causing the rout by trying to get large sums out of an illiquid market?
Asset Class of Vintage Cars Drops More than during 2008/2009 by Wolf Richter • Jan 16, 2018 • 73 Comments But this time, there’s no Financial Crisis, and no QE in sight.
This is What Happened to Sales & Prices of Manhattan Office Buildings as Chinese Buyers are Suddenly “Absent” by Wolf Richter • Jan 16, 2018 • 92 Comments The formerly hottest trophy market gets a dose of reality.
Commercial Real Estate Suffers First Down-Year since 2009 by Wolf Richter • Jan 15, 2018 • 59 Comments A blistering boom, backed by $4.3 trillion in bank loans, ends.
