It Begins: Investors Brace for Mexico’s Biggest Corporate US-Dollar Bond Default in 20 Years by Don Quijones • Dec 2, 2015 • 2 Comments Even the central bank frets about explosive dollar debt.
Subprime “Alt”-Mortgages from Nonbanks, Run by former Countrywide Execs, Backed by PE Firms Are Hot Again by Wolf Richter • Dec 1, 2015 • 46 Comments Housing Bubble 2 comes full circle. But this time, it’s even bigger.
There Better Be a Miracle for Retailers by Wolf Richter • Nov 30, 2015 • 46 Comments They tried to spin it in the most favorable light, and even then it was ugly.
BlackRock Spreads its Tentacles in Brussels by Don Quijones • Nov 28, 2015 • 7 Comments Exploiting knowledge and connections, Goldman-like.
Spain Braces for its Biggest Corporate Insolvency… Ever! by Don Quijones • Nov 26, 2015 • 1 Comment Blood on the Bourse.
M&A Spikes to Craziest Frenzy Ever, even as Bottom Falls out of Riskiest End by Wolf Richter • Nov 25, 2015 • 17 Comments CEOs, Wall Street are furiously making hay while the storm moves in.
Who Exactly is Trying to Kill off Cash? by Don Quijones • Nov 24, 2015 • 40 Comments Your Children “Will Not Know What Cash Is.”
Ultimate Weapon in Existential Struggle: Using the TPP for Hostile Takeover of Mexican Agriculture by Don Quijones • Nov 22, 2015 • 8 Comments Monsanto & Friends are already rejoicing.
Why We Aren’t Buying this Rally by Contributor • Nov 21, 2015 • 5 Comments CDS spreads give warning sign.
Capital Destruction Rages Beneath S&P 500 Tranquility by Wolf Richter • Nov 20, 2015 • 7 Comments Chesapeake’s Bonds & Shares Collapse amid Junk-Bond Market Rout.