Enter GreedCare, where the White Coat is Supplanted by the Grey Pinstripe of Corporate Conglomerates by Michael Gorback, M.D. • Sep 1, 2021 • 228 Comments The first in my series of articles about how healthcare has become hellcare.
Semiconductor Shortages amid Record Semiconductor Sales? It’s a Mess Out There by Wolf Richter • Aug 30, 2021 • 138 Comments The explosion of demand that cannot be filled in the most monstrously overstimulated economy and markets ever.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Free Money and the Shortages by Wolf Richter • Aug 29, 2021 • 151 Comments Enough consumers, flush with free money, suddenly eager to pay those high prices, particularly for big-ticket items they didn’t have to buy. Magic Mix.
End of the Era of Voracious Corporate Appetite for Office Space by Wolf Richter • Aug 24, 2021 • 128 Comments Formerly temporary, now persistent work-from-home turns into slow-motion nightmare for office landlords.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: The Most Monstrously Overstimulated Economy & Markets Ever by Wolf Richter • Aug 22, 2021 • 153 Comments The Fed will trim back its stimulus, but it’s already too late, and it’ll be too little and too slow.
Margin Debt Drops for First Time since March 2020, After Crazy Spike by Wolf Richter • Aug 16, 2021 • 68 Comments In the stock market, rising leverage fuels buying pressure; declining leverage fuels selling pressure.
Antitrust Bombshells in the Fine Print: Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy by Electronic Frontier Foundation • Aug 14, 2021 • 225 Comments It’s a bombshell, because it links antitrust to concerns beyond ensuring that prices stay low.
AMC Sold Three Times More Shares than Movie Tickets in Q2, Revenues Down 70% from Q2 2019, as Business Model Collapsed by Wolf Richter • Aug 9, 2021 • 95 Comments It should just forget about selling movie tickets, and stick to selling its shares to future meme-stock billionaires.
New Vehicle Sales Slammed by Semiconductor Shortage, Record Low Inventories, Beginnings of Buyers’ Strike by Wolf Richter • Aug 4, 2021 • 147 Comments Frustrated by lack of choice and puffed-up prices, many customers walked.
Steamy Rent Inflation in Single-Family Suburban Houses: Invitation Homes Jacks Up Rents Big Time on its 80,000 Houses by Wolf Richter • Jul 30, 2021 • 209 Comments It isn’t buying whole neighborhoods; it’s buying whole new subdivisions of built-to-rent houses.
