Average Mileage on “Rental Risk” Vehicles Sold to Used Car Market Spikes. But Prices Soar Too. What Gives? by Wolf Richter • Jan 8, 2020 • 55 Comments The Changing Supply of Used Vehicles.
Truckers Take “Wait and See Approach”: Equipment Orders, After Having Plunged, Stall at Low Levels by Wolf Richter • Jan 7, 2020 • 51 Comments Amid a shakeout among trucking companies & production cuts and layoffs among truck makers.
Australia’s New-Vehicle Sales Drop to Lowest Since 2011 by Wolf Richter • Jan 7, 2020 • 35 Comments Holden sales collapse. “Tough Year for the Australian Economy.”
US New Car & Truck Sales in 2019 Fell Below Year 2000 Level, 3rd Year in a Row Below 2016 Peak by Wolf Richter • Jan 6, 2020 • 60 Comments But not all faced falling sales. The top automakers in charts.
2020, Already the Year of Zombie Airlines by MC01 • Jan 5, 2020 • 87 Comments And the year has just started.
More ECB Bond Holdings Get in Trouble: Infrastructure Giant Atlantia, Infamous for Collapsed Genoa Bridge, Could Lose its Core Business by Nick Corbishley • Jan 4, 2020 • 67 Comments Amid a slew of problems.
I, Who Vowed to Never-Ever Short Stocks Again, Just Shorted the Entire Market by Wolf Richter • Dec 30, 2019 • 334 Comments The setup is just too juicy.
How Ratings Agencies Inflate Credit Ratings to Get Deals & Fees by Wolf Richter • Dec 30, 2019 • 57 Comments This time, a new thingy, “Commercial-Real-Estate CLOs.” But investors don’t care because they’re too busy chasing yield.
Dallas Fed Outlines Somber Oil & Gas Industry, “Flaring” of Natural Gas Comes into Focus by Wolf Richter • Dec 27, 2019 • 126 Comments “The capital markets for oil and gas remain extremely difficult.”
How Amazon Gains Control & Domination by Wolf Richter • Dec 25, 2019 • 123 Comments Amazon takes over the last mile and everything else.