Household Debt Soars in Canada, “Stability” at Risk by Wolf Richter • Mar 12, 2015 • 12 Comments Just when oil collapsed, housing stumbled, and layoffs began.
That’ll Kill the High-End Housing Boom in US Trophy Cities by Wolf Richter • Mar 12, 2015 • 15 Comments A privilege rich foreigners have that Americans lack when buying a home in the US.
Last Time This Ratio Spiked, Stocks Crashed by Wolf Richter • Mar 11, 2015 • 13 Comments A sudden Lehman-Moment-like spike, but worse than in October 2008.
Housing Construction Skids in Canada, Crashes in Oil Patch by Wolf Richter • Mar 10, 2015 • 4 Comments Gravity inconveniently inserts itself into a phenomenal boom.
Apple Comes Out with a Watch, and Look What Happens by Wolf Richter • Mar 9, 2015 • 14 Comments Total dominance over the media.
A “Crush” of Bond Sales Before the Market Goes to Heck by Wolf Richter • Mar 8, 2015 • 6 Comments The chilling thing Corporate America is saying about the bond market.
This Chart Shows the True Collapse of Fracking in the US by Wolf Richter • Mar 6, 2015 • 9 Comments Money is what fracking drills into the ground.
West-Coast Port Fiasco Does ‘Permanent, Irrevocable Damage’ by Wolf Richter • Mar 6, 2015 • 14 Comments Both sides hold gun to nation’s head. Gun backfires.
“Default Monday”: Oil & Gas Companies Face Their Creditors by Wolf Richter • Mar 5, 2015 • 14 Comments It has started: “restructuring” and “bankruptcy” suddenly the operative terms.
Austria ‘Pulls Ripcord’ on Bailouts, Lets ‘Bottomless Pit’ Hypo Alpe Bank Drag State of Carinthia into Bankruptcy by Wolf Richter • Mar 4, 2015 • 13 Comments A “long-yearned-for shock of liberation” for taxpayers.