In Brutal Volatility, Gold & Oil Sag after Spike, 10-Year Yield Jumps after Plunge, Nasdaq Spikes after Dive, and the Fed Can Focus on Tightening by Wolf Richter • Feb 24, 2022 • 137 Comments Markets are “functioning,” rather than panicking.
EV Sales in California Spiked in 2021, Share Hit Nearly 10%. Legacy Automakers, Years Behind, Finally Put Heat on Tesla by Wolf Richter • Feb 19, 2022 • 226 Comments Electric utilities, mired in declining electricity sales since 2008, are praying for more EVs.
Margin Debt Plunged as Stocks Tumbled and High-Fliers Got Crushed. But Leverage Still Gigantic, Long Way to Go by Wolf Richter • Feb 18, 2022 • 176 Comments Biggest dollar-plunge ever and one of the biggest percentage-plunges.
The Collapse of the EV SPACs: Retail Investors Got Fleeced Swiftly and Spectacularly by Wolf Richter • Feb 12, 2022 • 247 Comments Four stocks collapsed by over 90% from highs. Others not far behind. SPAC-hype-boom leaves trail of SEC & DOJ investigations and class-action lawsuits.
Shares of Online Used-Car Dealers Vroom & Carvana Collapsed as Market Turned its Back on Money-Losing “Disruptors” by Wolf Richter • Jan 29, 2022 • 167 Comments That they lost gobs of money every year didn’t matter until suddenly it did. But now there’s a new challenge heading for them.
Stocks Better Bounce Soon or Else I’ll Have to Revise the WOLF STREET Dictum, “Nothing Goes to Heck in a Straight Line” by Wolf Richter • Jan 24, 2022 • 316 Comments Even a dead-cat bounce that makes your ears ring would do.
Despite All the Hype, Movie Theater Ticket Sales in 2021 Down 68% from 19 Years Ago. AMC Shares Collapse from WTF Spike by Wolf Richter • Jan 24, 2022 • 88 Comments Blockbusterization out of desperation.
When a Wild Bull Stumbles into a Hibernating Bear by Wisdom Seeker • Jan 23, 2022 • 208 Comments How often do we get a Bear Market after a strong bull market plunges to the 200-day moving average?
The Mayhem Below the Surface of the Stock Market Seeps to the Surface: Now it’s the Giants that Topple by Wolf Richter • Jan 21, 2022 • 452 Comments The market finally gets it: The Fed is going to tighten to get a handle on its massive inflation problem.
Time to Revisit that Crazy Lumber Price Spike that Died and Came Back to Life by Wolf Richter • Jan 13, 2022 • 142 Comments The spike was thought to be buried and relegated to history. Turns out, it was an undead spike that’s now roaming the land again, wreaking havoc
