The Pricing of Risk is Kaput by Wolf Richter • Oct 2, 2017 • 63 Comments WTF Chart: US Treasury Yield v. Euro “Junk Bond” Yield. New record in central-bank absurdity.
“Systemic” Age Discrimination in Tech, even as Tech Workers Get “Better with Age” by Wolf Richter • Oct 1, 2017 • 100 Comments By the numbers. But “ageism” exists “across all industries,” not just Tech.
The Fed’s Next Moves, the Nuts and Bolts of “Flood Cars,” and Why Everything Is Going to Get Hacked by Wolf Richter • Oct 1, 2017 • 33 Comments Wolf Richter on This Week in Money.
Debt-Slave Industry Frets over Impact of Mass Credit Freezes by Wolf Richter • Sep 30, 2017 • 76 Comments Their doom-and-gloom scenario: Consumers suddenly become prudent.
$2.25/hr to Build a $40,000 Vehicle by Wolf Richter • Sep 29, 2017 • 87 Comments Mexico’s wage repression scheme creates Nirvana for global automakers.
Big Shrink Bulks Up in India, Guts US Jobs, to Please Wall Street by Wolf Richter • Sep 28, 2017 • 153 Comments But IBM’s strategy isn’t working out.
San Francisco Bay Area Pending Home Sales Plunge, California’s Drop too, and It’s Not a Blip by Wolf Richter • Sep 27, 2017 • 116 Comments Housing bubble, affordability crisis “pushed the market to a tipping point.”
The US Cities with the Biggest Housing Bubbles by Wolf Richter • Sep 26, 2017 • 115 Comments Extraordinary asset price inflation in all its beauty.
Lenders Loosen Mortgage Standards, as Demand Falls by Wolf Richter • Sep 25, 2017 • 101 Comments Same phenomenon leading up to the last housing bust?
The Fate of Toys ‘R’ Us after Bankruptcy? by Wolf Richter • Sep 25, 2017 • 28 Comments Brick & Mortar Meltdown: Toys “R” Us can’t solve what’s killing it.