Wage Price Spiral Takes Off, Companies Point at it: Albertsons Shares -8%, JP Morgan’s Dimon Sees “Huge Pressure” on Labor Market by Wolf Richter • Jan 11, 2022 • 175 Comments The Fed finally sees it too.
New Vehicle Sales in 2021 at 1978 Level: 25 Years of Stagnation Interrupted by Plunges. But Prices Explode to WTF Level by Wolf Richter • Jan 6, 2022 • 177 Comments GM and Ford sport 6 year declines of -28% and -27%. Toyota blows all away, but still -7% from 2015. Hyundai-Kia sets new record. Captured in charts.
The Problem With Ponzis… by Kuppy • Dec 26, 2021 • 211 Comments The stock market’s whole Ponzi Sector is melting down – just look at the ARK Innovation ETF, a well-curated basket of the largest listed Ponzi Schemes.
Stocks Don’t Need More Alarm Bells, They’re Already Clanging and Jangling All Over the Place. But Here we Are: Leverage by Wolf Richter • Dec 17, 2021 • 304 Comments Stock market leverage, the big accelerator on the way up, and on the way down.
Vehicles in Operation and Registrations in 2021 by Automaker and Segment. Where’s Tesla? by Wolf Richter • Dec 13, 2021 • 121 Comments And which states are the leaders in pickup truck sales?
Share Buybacks Surge to Record ahead of Potential 1% Tax: Companies Buy as Insiders Dump like there’s No Tomorrow by Wolf Richter • Dec 12, 2021 • 173 Comments Buy High, Don’t Buy Low. Prices are sky-high and but companies are buying them back like never before.
Mayhem Beneath the Surface of the Stock Market by Wolf Richter • Dec 5, 2021 • 282 Comments But on the surface, stocks still look hunky-dory.
DocuSign, Worth $46 billion at 4 p.m., Plunges 30% Afterhours as “the Environment Shifted More Quickly than We Anticipated” by Wolf Richter • Dec 2, 2021 • 104 Comments At the tippy top of the greatest bubble ever, all kinds of stuff can happen.
Microsoft CEO Nadella Dumped 50% of his MSFT Stock, Following in Elon Musk’s Footsteps by Wolf Richter • Nov 29, 2021 • 134 Comments Insiders dumping big portions of their stakes after historic share-price spikes is a sight to behold.
Junk Bonds, Leveraged Loans, Buyouts by PE Firms, All Blow Past Records in Massive Chase for Yield amid Fed’s Easy Money by Wolf Richter • Nov 29, 2021 • 154 Comments La-la-land finance.
