Next Asset Bubble Cracks: It’s so Big even the Fed is Fretting by Wolf Richter • Jun 7, 2017 • 61 Comments Commercial Real Estate’s boom-and-bust cycle heads south.
Brick-and-Mortar Retail Meltdown Has a Busy Month by Wolf Richter • May 31, 2017 • 68 Comments After years of asset stripping by private equity firms and hedge funds.
Sears Revenues Plunge, to Hit Zero in 3 Years, Shares Jump by Wolf Richter • May 25, 2017 • 80 Comments The ingenious strategy of cost-cutting and store-closing your way out of trouble: Pretty soon, it leads to zero.
Commodities Bust Hits Farm Lenders, Delinquencies Surge 225% by Wolf Richter • May 19, 2017 • 110 Comments Just as the deflating Farmland bubble leaves its marks.
Retail Meltdown Demolishes Mall Investors by Wolf Richter • May 9, 2017 • 76 Comments Even the biggest.
The Great Unwind Grips the 12 Hottest US Rental Markets by Wolf Richter • May 1, 2017 • 89 Comments Peak Rent. Traces of relief for renters. Landlords scramble. But in some cheaper cities, rents soar.
Meltdown of Houston Auto Sales Has Eerie Financial Crisis Look by Wolf Richter • Apr 18, 2017 • 38 Comments Several simultaneous booms have turned to busts.
New York’s Office Market Gets Crushed, Bubble Deflates by Wolf Richter • Apr 12, 2017 • 24 Comments Sales down 80% from peak. Where the heck’s the Foreign Money?
Startup Craziness Deflates, Hits Silicon Valley & San Francisco by Wolf Richter • Apr 6, 2017 • 50 Comments Venture Capital gets prudent – with consequences.
Commercial Real-Estate Bubble “Can Breathe Easier” after Health Bill Collapsed in Congress by Wolf Richter • Mar 28, 2017 • 59 Comments Turns out, to keep from deflating, property bubble needs Obamacare.
