Asset-Stripping by Private Equity Firms Is Booming by Wolf Richter • Oct 16, 2017 • 64 Comments Here are the numbers. Peak chase-for-yield by institutional investors?
Pentagon Worried about Hackers Causing Stock Market Crash by Wolf Richter • Oct 15, 2017 • 54 Comments The Pentagon?! But no one’s worried when stocks get manipulated higher.
What the Headlines Got Wrong about Retail Sales by Wolf Richter • Oct 14, 2017 • 33 Comments No, our American consumers didn’t suddenly perform a miracle.
Yellen Was Right: “Transitory” Factors of “Low” Inflation Are Reversing, with Much More to Come by Wolf Richter • Oct 13, 2017 • 76 Comments What’s Boiling Beneath the Surging Inflation?
IPO in March, Crushed Today: PE Firm Pushes another Retailer into Brick-and-Mortar Meltdown by Wolf Richter • Oct 12, 2017 • 58 Comments Why is anyone still buying retailers from private equity firms?
GM to Lay Off 1,500 More Workers, as its Car Sales Plunge Twice as Fast as Rest of Industry by Wolf Richter • Oct 12, 2017 • 93 Comments Hounded by overcapacity. But other automakers do just fine with cars.
De-dollarization Not Now by Wolf Richter • Oct 11, 2017 • 61 Comments USD-denominated debt outside the US hits record – even junk bonds.
It’s Over for Sears Canada by Wolf Richter • Oct 10, 2017 • 70 Comments Liquidate, close all stores, lay off 12,000 people. Brick & mortar meltdown.
LEAKED: Worst Data Hack in US History Gets Worse by Wolf Richter • Oct 10, 2017 • 34 Comments What else has Equifax not disclosed yet?
The Big Amazon Subsidy is Doomed by Wolf Richter • Oct 9, 2017 • 120 Comments But for many retailers it’s too late.
