IPOs Collapse, “Worst Year Since 2009,” Worst Dec. since 2008 by Wolf Richter • Dec 22, 2015 • 8 Comments Party over: “Pent-up supply” in a world with no demand.
It Gets Ugly in the Toniest Parts of London by Wolf Richter • Dec 21, 2015 • 17 Comments World’s Hottest Housing Bubble Caves, Luxury Home Sales Collapse.
What the Heck Happened to Our Santa Rally? by Wolf Richter • Dec 20, 2015 • 20 Comments The Fed speaks, markets come unglued.
Carnage in US Natural Gas as Price Falls off the Chart by Wolf Richter • Dec 18, 2015 • 39 Comments All eyes are on Chesapeake.
Bone-Chilling “Plateau” in Apartment Boom Resurfaces, Smartest Money Bails Out by Wolf Richter • Dec 17, 2015 • 25 Comments Last time a “plateau” was declared, the market crashed.
“Perverse, Unpredictable Effects” of Negative Interest Rates: Mortgage Rates Soar in Switzerland by Wolf Richter • Dec 16, 2015 • 13 Comments The unintended consequences of NIRP.
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.