Companies & Markets

Scary Thought: Busiest IPO Week since Aug 2000 (Days before the Real Crash)

by Wolf Richter • Jul 28, 2014 • 4 Comments

The Only Risk on the Horizon is the Risk of Missing Out

Here’s What Wall Street Bulls Were Saying In December 2007: Read And Take Cover!

by David Stockman • Jul 28, 2014 • 3 Comments

Barron’s, 2007: “Against this troubling backdrop, it’s no wonder investors are worried the bull market might end in 2008. But Wall Street’s top equity strategists are quick to dismiss such fears.”

The Absurdity of Celebrating ‘Successes’ of Bailed-Out Banks

by Don Quijones • Jul 27, 2014 • Comments Off on The Absurdity of Celebrating ‘Successes’ of Bailed-Out Banks

The two deals expose the imperative to deny a bleak reality, on the principle that when banks win, we all win.

But Wait, There Are A Few Differences Between Amazon and the US Postal Service

by Wolf Richter • Jul 25, 2014 • 14 Comments

Money-losing Amazon is Exhibit A of how the Fed’s free money for Wall Street and corporate mastodons is destructive to the rest of the economy.

David Stockman: Why The Market Is Heading For A Fall

by David Stockman • Jul 23, 2014 • 1 Comment

The S&P is up nearly 200% from March 2009. Yet the cardinal measures of Main Street economic health have stagnated.

Sign of Top? Banana Republic Trots out ‘Startup Guy’ Look

by Wolf Richter • Jul 23, 2014 • 1 Comment

You can’t make this up!

Behind the Curtains: How The Corporatocracy Is Driving the US-EU Trade Agenda

by Don Quijones • Jul 22, 2014 • 1 Comment

Meet the secretive powers behind the trade negotiations that attempt to rewrite US and EU laws and regulations to their liking and beyond democratic controls.

Have Institutional Investors Gone Completely Nuts?

by Wolf Richter • Jul 21, 2014 • 4 Comments

Spreads between short-term and long-term Treasuries at lowest since Financial Crisis. Buyers will be punished. So the mystery: “Who the heck is still buying?”

UBS Warns Everything Is Overpriced, Prepares For Sell-Off

by Wolf Richter • Jul 20, 2014 • 1 Comment

The world’s largest wealth manager is “very worried” about “the lack of liquidity” that could wreak havoc during the sell-off. It reduces risk “over the full spectrum of assets.”

Microsoft Layoffs: Insane M&A Frenzy Leads To Next Jobs Crisis

by Wolf Richter • Jul 16, 2014 • 3 Comments

35,000 M&A deals will likely be made this year, promising “efficiencies” and “synergies,” hence job cuts. So Microsoft, which bought Nokia’s handset unit, is planning the largest in its history…. The M&A frenzy of 2007/8 was followed by the Great Jobs Crisis!

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