Government Bond & Mortgage “Carnage” Enters Sixth Week by Wolf Richter • Dec 10, 2016 • 49 Comments Traders got even more nervous on Friday, after having been twitchy all Thursday, and they alleviated this condition by dumping government bonds.
If Everything is so Bullish, Why Are Bank Insiders Dumping Their Shares at Record Pace? by Wolf Richter • Dec 9, 2016 • 115 Comments What are they seeing from their perch that we don’t?
Who the Heck are these Households that are Worth $90 Trillion? by Wolf Richter • Dec 8, 2016 • 105 Comments Stalled Economy Performs Wealth Miracle, reports the Fed.
Texans Close their Wallets, Houston’s Economy Gets Crushed by Wolf Richter • Dec 7, 2016 • 55 Comments It’s not just the oil bust.
Foreclosure Crisis Comes Full Circle? Biggest Buy-to-Rent Landlord Plans IPO (Despite Red Ink Everywhere) by Wolf Richter • Dec 6, 2016 • 78 Comments The financialization of rents.
This is how the Fed Has Been Sneak-Tightening Notch by Notch by Wolf Richter • Dec 6, 2016 • 48 Comments And it’s now hitting home.
Get Used to Lousy Growth AND Rising Rates: Fed Dove Dudley by Wolf Richter • Dec 5, 2016 • 93 Comments The bond market is already doing the math.
Italians Vote “No,” Renzi to Resign, Banking Crisis Now Looking for Taxpayers by Wolf Richter • Dec 4, 2016 • 73 Comments Teetering Eurozone banks exposed to flying shrapnel.
Why No One Will Even Try to Tame the US Healthcare Monster by Wolf Richter • Dec 4, 2016 • 155 Comments Though it cannibalizes the rest of the economy.
Vancouver Housing Market Freezes Up, Sales Crash, Prices Sag, For-Sale Signs Proliferate by Wolf Richter • Dec 2, 2016 • 90 Comments “Entire Swaths of our neighborhood are covered with For-Sale signs”: photos by our boots-on-the-ground Angela Johnson.