“Furthermore,” This Could be the End for Investors, Says Avaya, the Lucent Spinoff. Shares & Bonds Collapse Five Years after it Emerged from Bankruptcy by Wolf Richter • Aug 9, 2022 • 115 Comments Wait a minute… Six weeks ago, Goldman Sachs & JP Morgan talked investors into buying $600 million of new debt.
SoftBank Lost $39 Billion in 6 Months, Wiping Out the Bubble Gains of the Vision Funds Since 2017: Easy Come, Easy Go by Wolf Richter • Aug 8, 2022 • 98 Comments Now trying to avoid “a blow that would be irreversible.”
Markets Are “Fighting the Fed” by Wolf Richter • Aug 3, 2022 • 259 Comments One of the most important dictums in finance is this: “Don’t fight the Fed.” And this could get ugly.
SPAC Zombie Mergers: Nikola, Whose Shares Collapsed 92%, Buys Battery-Pack Maker Romeo whose Shares Collapsed 98% by Wolf Richter • Aug 1, 2022 • 94 Comments Romeo, battery-pack supplier to Nikola, reached the end of its runway. Nikola, which reported $0 revenues from truck sales, is desperately trying to raise cash.
Meta Plunged from 5th Most Valuable Stock to 11th, behind Visa. In 10 Months, $647 Billion Vanish by Wolf Richter • Jul 29, 2022 • 186 Comments From ridiculously overvalued to troubled.
Big Tech & Startups Getting Ready for Reality: Shedding People, Offices, and Warehouses by Wolf Richter • Jul 27, 2022 • 126 Comments It’s kind of sobering. Reality has that effect, after a drunken binge.
Walmart Raises Sales Outlook, Lowers Earnings Outlook, as Inflation Bites: Shares -10% Afterhours. Target, Amazon Sag by Wolf Richter • Jul 25, 2022 • 118 Comments Food sales are hot, but some other merchandise, “particularly apparel,” requires markdowns to get moving.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Big Tech & Startups Getting Ready for Reality by Wolf Richter • Jul 24, 2022 • 172 Comments Shedding jobs, offices, and warehouses. It’s kind of sobering. Reality has that effect, after a drunken binge.
The Startup and Venture-Capital Barometer Plunges: Silicon Valley Bank Today v. Dotcom Bust by Wolf Richter • Jul 22, 2022 • 116 Comments The startup and VC bubble is tied to a booming stock market, but stocks are unraveling, and that strangles the money flow.
It Starts: Reverse Stock Splits for Collapsed SPACs & IPO Stocks. Bankruptcy for Others by Wolf Richter • Jul 20, 2022 • 143 Comments Reverse stock splits keep them from getting delisted. But some didn’t even get that far and filed for bankruptcy, like, WOW that was fast.