Online Retailers Lose State Tax Subsidy by Wolf Richter • Jun 21, 2018 • 83 Comments Up to $13 billion in 2017. Brick-and-mortar gets some relief. Consumers not amused.
The Smart Money Gets Ready for the Next Credit Event by Wolf Richter • Jun 19, 2018 • 64 Comments “It feels like we’re about 12 months away, but we could get into extended innings.”
Next Mortgage Default Tsunami Isn’t Going to Drown Big Banks but “Shadow Banks” by Wolf Richter • Jun 17, 2018 • 62 Comments As banks pull back from mortgage lending amid inflated prices and rising rates, “shadow banks” have become very aggressive.
Blackstone Becomes Biggest Hotel & Property Owner in Spain by Don Quijones • Jun 14, 2018 • 26 Comments The PE firm as global landlord.
Riskiest Junk Bonds Completely Blow Off the Fed, Face “Sudden” Reckoning by Wolf Richter • Jun 13, 2018 • 20 Comments Still dreaming in la-la-land.
Finally: SEC Frets about Share Buybacks, “Torrent of Corporate Trading Dominating the Market” and “Short-Term Financial Engineering” by Wolf Richter • Jun 11, 2018 “Right after the company tells the market the stock is cheap, executives overwhelmingly decide to sell.”
Huge New Prop under the Stock Market is a One-Time Affair by Wolf Richter • Jun 5, 2018 Crash insurance with an expiration date. But its working while it lasts.
FANGMAN Stocks Are Not a Bubble, Pleads Goldman Sachs by Wolf Richter • Jun 5, 2018 This time, it’s different, say the strategists. So we’ll take a look.
Deutsche Bank CoCo Bonds Plunge, Shares Hit Record Low, after US Entity Makes FDIC’s “Problem Bank List” by Wolf Richter • May 31, 2018 The old question: When will she buckle?
