Financialization of Rents Gets Taxpayer Guarantees by Wolf Richter • Jan 24, 2017 • 99 Comments Government Buckles, Guarantees Buy-to-Rent Mortgage-Backed Securities for First Time Ever. Wall Street Wins Again.
Judge Reveals Shady Side of Crushed Aetna-Humana Merger, Banks to Lick their Wounds, Aetna to Get Pummeled by Wolf Richter • Jan 24, 2017 • 29 Comments Why these mega-mergers? Fees, egos, and pricing power.
Big Shrink to “Hire” 25,000 in the US, as Layoffs Pile Up by Wolf Richter • Jan 23, 2017 • 114 Comments IBM is in trouble and desperate hype is apparently required.
These are the Countries with the Biggest Debt Slaves, and Americans Are Only in 10th place by Wolf Richter • Jan 22, 2017 • 137 Comments So who the heck are the Really Great Ones?
What Will Prick the “Leveraged Share Buyback” Craze? by Wolf Richter • Jan 20, 2017 • 34 Comments Fitch Gets Nervous.
Sear’s Bankruptcy, Who Gets the Real Estate, and How the Pension Fund Got Hung Out to Dry Invade Mnuchin’s Senate Confirmation Hearing by Wolf Richter • Jan 20, 2017 • 94 Comments “You were a Director at Sears for 12 years where you had oversight over the administration and investment in the pension fund.”
Treasuries Got a Break. Now Beatings Resume until the Mood Improves by Wolf Richter • Jan 19, 2017 • 32 Comments So what would Yellen do?
Toshiba Shares Re-Collapse – the US Fiasco by Wolf Richter • Jan 19, 2017 • 22 Comments It would be comic if the facts behind it weren’t so ugly.
China’s Holdings of US Treasuries Plunge at Historic Pace by Wolf Richter • Jan 18, 2017 • 49 Comments A toxic trifecta for bondholders.
The Dollar, “the Most Crowded Trade,” Gets Less Crowded by Wolf Richter • Jan 18, 2017 • 33 Comments That trade was just waiting to unwind.