The Big Unwind Hits Investment Banking by Wolf Richter • Mar 24, 2016 • 15 Comments Everyone but China.
Desperate Chinese Investors Flood US, Canadian Housing Markets, But Real Numbers Are Taboo by Wolf Richter • Mar 24, 2016 • 56 Comments In Vancouver, 33% of sales are to Chinese investors (National Bank)
Bank Earnings Get Mauled by “Leveraged Loan” Time Bomb by Wolf Richter • Mar 23, 2016 • 17 Comments Distress ratio spikes to Financial Crisis level.
It Starts: San Francisco Office Boom Deflates, but Fitch Says It’s “Unlikely to Collapse” this Time by Wolf Richter • Mar 22, 2016 • 27 Comments Other tech-heavy office markets too.
Share Buybacks Turn Toxic by Wolf Richter • Mar 21, 2016 • 46 Comments Something broke in the gears of financial engineering!
Why the “Stubborn Persistence of Optimism” by Stock Analysts? by Wolf Richter • Mar 20, 2016 • 33 Comments “What do you think investors on Wall Street most underappreciate about Valeant?” – Morgan Stanley analyst to CFO on eve of implosion.
China Hard Landing Hits Electricity Consumption by Wolf Richter • Mar 19, 2016 • 36 Comments Chairman of a large power company slips, apparently.
What Happened to Nuclear Power in the US? by Wolf Richter • Mar 18, 2016 • 51 Comments Falling electricity demand and the energy glut.
Super-Luxury Homes Hit by Reversing “Wealth Effect” by Wolf Richter • Mar 17, 2016 • 54 Comments Wall Street’s “Smart Money” with impeccable timing.
And this is When the Jobs “Recovery” Goes Kaboom by Wolf Richter • Mar 16, 2016 • 52 Comments A party pooper showed up.