The Pricing of Risk is Kaput by Wolf Richter • Oct 2, 2017 • 63 Comments WTF Chart: US Treasury Yield v. Euro “Junk Bond” Yield. New record in central-bank absurdity.
ECB Wants to Weed Out Smaller Banks to Cut Competition by Don Quijones • Sep 29, 2017 • 26 Comments Europe needs “brave banks” willing to conquer new territory.
Special Pump-and-Dump Scheme Spikes to High Heaven by Wolf Richter • Sep 21, 2017 • 14 Comments But the Swiss National Bank is just an innocent bystander.
Shares of the Swiss National Bank Soar 64% in Two Months by Wolf Richter • Sep 11, 2017 • 30 Comments What the heck is going on?
Toronto Home Price Bubble Descends into Bear Market by Wolf Richter • Sep 6, 2017 • 97 Comments With surprise rate hike, Bank of Canada turns against housing market.
ECB Tightens Noose Around Bank Accounts by Don Quijones • Sep 5, 2017 • 61 Comments Locking up money of unsuspecting depositors to prop up collapsing banks.
So When Will China’s Debt Bubble Finally Blow Up? by Wolf Richter • Aug 17, 2017 • 160 Comments The upside is fake stability. The downside is too ugly to contemplate.
Inflation Spikes Most since 2008 in Mexico. Bad Timing by Wolf Richter • Aug 10, 2017 • 41 Comments Before the Elections and despite Bank of Mexico’s “monetary shock.”
What’s Keeping Italy’s Government Debt from Blowing Up? by Don Quijones • Aug 8, 2017 • 29 Comments Even Italian banks are dumping Italian government bonds.
Euro Junk Bonds and “Reverse Yankees” Go Nuts by Wolf Richter • Aug 4, 2017 • 52 Comments Draghi’s twisted bailiwick produces a WTF chart.
