Why the Market Swoon May Become “Disorderly” by Wolf Richter • Oct 14, 2014 • 15 Comments “Disorderly on a scale not seen since the crash of 1987″: Too many poorly understood structural changes have created unstable markets.
Rise of the Crypto Wars Entangles Apple and Google by Electronic Frontier Foundation • Oct 13, 2014 • 3 Comments Law enforcement is ablaze with indignation about Apple’s encryption decision. Google’s decision added fuel to the fire.
What the Heck just Happened in Global Stock Markets? by Wolf Richter • Oct 12, 2014 • 30 Comments Bitter ironies are piling up – with very crummy consequences.
Last Time It Was This Crazy, the Stock Market Crashed by Wolf Richter • Oct 9, 2014 • 11 Comments Mega-Startups go parabolic. Flame-out already happening.
Dow at 8,000 by Bill Bonner • Oct 9, 2014 • 11 Comments We’ve spent our entire life in a credit expansion. We began life when the cork came out of the credit jug. We’ve all been pulling hard on it ever since. Heck, we’ve lived on it. “Hey, we’ll pay you later,” we said. But what if “later” is now?
Credit Bubble Begins to Exact its Pound of Flesh: GT Advanced Tech Soars, Crashes, and Burns by Wolf Richter • Oct 6, 2014 • 4 Comments Weighed down by soaring debt, it declares bankruptcy. Stock loses 92% in one day. From $20 to $0.80 in 3 months. A harbinger.
IPO Mania Collapses in Germany by Wolf Richter • Oct 3, 2014 • 7 Comments This shouldn’t have happened. Where is the euphoria?
“But Analysts Say There’s No Reason to Panic” by Wolf Richter • Oct 2, 2014 • 11 Comments After years of Fed-induced market mania, analysts lost the neurological ability to fathom that stocks can actually go down.
This Chart Shows How You Get Screwed in the Stock Market by Wolf Richter • Oct 1, 2014 • 8 Comments You no longer know if the quotes you see are real.
Junk Bond Bubble Cracks, Destroys Stocks One at a Time by Wolf Richter • Sep 30, 2014 • 5 Comments Party turns into bloodbath. Happening right now beneath the surface of the S&P 500.
