Blocked Suez Canal Adding to Container Shortages, Supply Chain Snarls, Component Shortages for Manufacturers by Wolf Richter • Mar 25, 2021 • 182 Comments Exactly at the worst possible time. Ripple effects to be felt for months.
The Crisis of Venture Capital: America’s Broken Start-up System by Jeffrey Funk • Mar 24, 2021 • 93 Comments Unicorn startups are even more unprofitable than those that did not achieve Unicorn status.
WeWork at it Again: Loses $3.2 Billion, Plans to Go Public via SPAC by Wolf Richter • Mar 23, 2021 • 117 Comments To be honest, the WTF SPAC bubble wouldn’t be complete without a WeWork listing that lets SoftBank get out.
Market Manias Galore, But Long-Term Interest Rates Smell a Rat by Wolf Richter • Mar 18, 2021 • 122 Comments These manias and the rising long-term interest rates are on collision course.
Plastics & Semiconductor Shortages, Container Port Backlogs, the Texas Freeze Wreak Havoc on US Auto Manufacturing by Wolf Richter • Mar 17, 2021 • 136 Comments Americans trying to buy a new vehicle will end up paying more.
Stock Market Leverage Spikes in Historic Manner: Another WTF Chart of a Zoo that Has Gone Nuts by Wolf Richter • Mar 17, 2021 • 153 Comments In an investment environment where nothing matters anymore – until it suddenly does.
SPACs Are Lining Up as the Next WTF Chart of the Year by Wolf Richter • Mar 16, 2021 • 127 Comments Who’s going to be the sucker? Even the SEC, which has been asleep through all this, warns retail investors. But in the current mega-bubble craze, no one gives a hoot about anything anymore.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Market Manias Galore, But Long-Term Interest Rates Smell a Rat by Wolf Richter • Mar 14, 2021 • 185 Comments These manias and the rising long-term yields are on collision course.
Long Way to “Normalcy”: When Will Americans Return to Flying for Vacation and Business? by Wolf Richter • Mar 12, 2021 • 147 Comments Airlines, meanwhile, face pent-up demand of the wrong kind.
Google, Ad Tech, and the Gutting of the News Publishers by Wolf Richter • Mar 10, 2021 • 241 Comments So now we have another gutting, this time at the HuffPost, and omertà reigns.
