Here’s What I’m Worried About with the Everything Bubble by Wolf Richter • Oct 23, 2019 • 136 Comments How cash-burn machines power the real economy, and what happens to the economy when investors refuse to have more of their cash burned.
Another Chinese Mega-Construction Project in California Is Halted, this one in San Francisco. List of Troubled or Scuttled Chinese Projects in California Grows by Wolf Richter • Oct 18, 2019 • 81 Comments How China’s crackdown on debt and capital flight pulls the rug out from under mega-real-estate projects.
WeWork CMBS Cause Jitters, Bonds Hit Record Low by Wolf Richter • Oct 4, 2019 • 114 Comments It’s so big: Soul searching in the Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities market.
IPOs Crash & Burn, Debris Hits Housing, Office Markets by Wolf Richter • Oct 2, 2019 • 94 Comments Signs are now all over Silicon Valley and San Francisco.
Silicon Valley Is Slowing, Whether for a Quick Breather or Extended Time-Out, I Have No Idea (Guessing the Latter) by John McNellis • Sep 30, 2019 • 72 Comments Strongest argument in favor of an air-walking economy is WeWork, Uber, Lyft, and other unicorns destined to never make a dime. Throwing billions of dollars at these losers is a recessionary harbinger.
Nearly out of Cash, WeWork Shifts into Shrink & Survive Mode by Wolf Richter • Sep 26, 2019 • 126 Comments The house cleaners come in, halt all new leases, dump side businesses, sell corporate jet, lay off thousands, purge “Adam’s posse” – in just two days.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: What to Do About the Student-Loan Fiasco? by Wolf Richter • Sep 8, 2019 • 218 Comments OK, I’m going to wade into this debate — but with my boots on.
Delinquency Rates of Student-Housing CMBS Spike by Wolf Richter • Sep 8, 2019 • 128 Comments The once hot asset class of high-end student housing runs into reality.
In Hilarious IPO Filing, WeWork Dreams of $3 Trillion in Revenue But Has Billions in Losses. Red-Ink Massacre to Come in 2nd Half by Wolf Richter • Aug 14, 2019 • 145 Comments All in next-gen corporate speak to give you the warm & fuzzies. Meanwhile, Uber hits new low, down 24% from IPO price.
Brick & Mortar Meltdown’s Ugly Week in Record-Ugly Year by Wolf Richter • Aug 9, 2019 • 113 Comments Store liquidations in 2019 have blown past the full-year total of 2018. The phenomenon is proceeding with relentless momentum.