China Momentum Indicator Plunges to “Hard Landing” Level by Wolf Richter • May 15, 2015 • 13 Comments “But nothing is normal in China anymore.”
Afraid of Losing Trillions, Wall Street Fights Fed Rate Hikes by Wolf Richter • May 14, 2015 • 25 Comments Stocks, bonds, art, housing, VC portfolios of billion-dollar startups… everything’s on the line.
Dollar Hits Air Pocket, Euro in Epic Short Squeeze by Wolf Richter • May 7, 2015 • 4 Comments “I wonder whether we’re not living in a new world in which governments no longer control as much as they think they control.”
But Don’t Cry for the Bond Market Gamblers by David Stockman • May 6, 2015 • 1 Comment Never before has an agency of a state anywhere in the world pleasured speculators with such stupendous windfalls.
China Containerized Freight Index Plunges to Multi-Year Low, Shanghai-EU Rates Totally Collapse, US Rates Morose by Wolf Richter • May 4, 2015 • 17 Comments Something is going on in the shipping business – and beyond – to create this gloom.
Central Bank Governor Veers Off Script, Sees “Illusion of Liquidity” & “Asset Bubbles,” Dreads Crash by Wolf Richter • Apr 22, 2015 • 9 Comments And he offers an insanely good chart of the Hot Money.
The World’s Financial System Is Going Nuts by David Stockman • Apr 21, 2015 • 7 Comments Central banks have succeeded in generating a planet-wide mania.
Strange Things Are Happening in European Bond Markets by Contributor • Apr 19, 2015 • 11 Comments I can’t even begin to think of all the unintended consequences this will bring about.
Keep Pushing Until Something Really BIG Breaks? by Wolf Richter • Apr 9, 2015 • 13 Comments Fed clueless how to unscramble omelet, fears “outsized market reaction.” Other central banks keep adding to omelet. Absurdity reigns.
This Could Sink Banks in Greece, Portugal, Spain, and Italy by Wolf Richter • Apr 7, 2015 • 13 Comments It’s the competition folks – not the bank regulators. And they have real teeth.
