Freight Shipments Hammered by Inventory Glut, Weak Demand by Wolf Richter • Dec 15, 2015 • 19 Comments The goods-based economy swoons.
Retail Sales in Texas Plunge by Wolf Richter • Dec 14, 2015 • 14 Comments Oil Bust Contagion Spreads.
How Junk-Bond Contagion Hits Stocks by Wolf Richter • Dec 13, 2015 • 7 Comments “It’s contained – until suddenly it isn’t.”
Bank of Canada Crushes Loonie, Created Mother of All Shorts by Wolf Richter • Dec 12, 2015 • 52 Comments All-out currency war. Clear winners: rich Chinese who buy homes in Canada.
It Starts: Junk-Bond Fund Implodes, Investors Stuck by Wolf Richter • Dec 11, 2015 • 25 Comments And the next crisis hasn’t even begun yet.
World Trips Over the Explosive Dollar by Wolf Richter • Dec 10, 2015 • 12 Comments “Hard to be bullish about the global economy” – National Bank of Canada.
China’s Steel Industry Bleeds, Prices Collapse, Losses Mount, and Now the Government Gets Gloomy by Wolf Richter • Dec 9, 2015 • 8 Comments “A risky strategy.”
Bond King Gets Antsy as Junk Bonds, Which Lead Stocks, Spiral to Heck by Wolf Richter • Dec 9, 2015 • 18 Comments “We are looking at real carnage….”
Dogged by Lousy Global Demand and Wild Overcapacity, China Containerized Freight Index Crashes to Worst Level Ever by Wolf Richter • Dec 8, 2015 • 4 Comments Bad breath of zero-interest-rate era wafts over real economy.
Industry Holds Breath for Craziest-Ever Commercial Property Boom to Implode by Wolf Richter • Dec 7, 2015 • 24 Comments “If this isn’t the peak, we’re probably close.”