Dollar-Based Investors Eviscerated in Global Stocks by Wolf Richter • Jan 18, 2016 • 20 Comments Central banks have lost their aura of omnipotence.
Time to Get “Radical” for Emerging Market Central Banks by Don Quijones • Jan 13, 2016 • 17 Comments Bank of Mexico Governor frets about destructive power of capital outflows.
Canadian Stocks in Bear Market, Loonie Swoons, Crude Crashes to $16, Consumer & Business Confidence Dives… by Wolf Richter • Jan 12, 2016 • 32 Comments “Investment and hiring intentions at lowest since 2009”: Bank of Canada
Global Corporate Debt is Coming Unglued by Wolf Richter • Jan 6, 2016 • 33 Comments Default Rate Highest since 2009, US Distress Ratio Soars.
What Will Knock the Dollar off its Perch? by Wolf Richter • Jan 5, 2016 • 38 Comments “Would be foolish to rule out a similar if not a more devastating outcome.”
What the Heck Happened to Our Santa Rally? by Wolf Richter • Dec 20, 2015 • 20 Comments The Fed speaks, markets come unglued.
“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.
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.
All Heck Breaks Loose after Draghi Fails to Outdo his Own Hype by Wolf Richter • Dec 3, 2015 • 24 Comments Something big is broken.
The Mad Euro Project Just Got A Lot Madder by Don Quijones • Nov 20, 2015 • 16 Comments Feeding a Monstrous Pile of Debt.