Orders for Heavy Trucks Plunged 80% in August by Wolf Richter • Sep 5, 2019 • 52 Comments Here’s why — and how that’s impacting truck makers.
The Airline Fiasco in Argentina as Peso Collapses and New Plan Goes Awry by MC01 • Aug 28, 2019 • 48 Comments The curse of pushing volume by selling tickets below cost became an even bigger curse with the peso massacre.
Lenders Fear Ascena with 3,519 Stores May File for Bankruptcy: Source by Wolf Richter • Aug 26, 2019 • 114 Comments Cash running low. Brick & mortar meltdown for landlords of Dressbarn, Ann Taylor, Loft, Lou & Grey, Lane Bryant, Cacique, Catherines, and Justice. Shares annihilated.
Woodford’s Shuttered Fund Crushed Further by Plunging Stocks in its Holdings, such as Muddy-Waters Target Burford Capital by Nick Corbishley • Aug 26, 2019 • 39 Comments Hedge funds have field day front-running the liquidation. 300,000 investors left twisting in the wind.
Liquidity Crunch Mangles UK Equity & Real Estate Funds by Nick Corbishley • Aug 24, 2019 • 43 Comments Exodus from funds with illiquid assets forces funds to block redemptions.
Suddenly Leveraged Loan Issuance Gets Rough by Wolf Richter • Aug 22, 2019 • 62 Comments Fifth deal croaked in August. Moody’s has a cow over Ancestry.com’s deal. Deals had to be sweetened to find buyers. Retail investors bail out.
How the Ecommerce Boom Crushes “Mall Retailers” One by One by Wolf Richter • Aug 19, 2019 • 129 Comments The segments at the core of the Brick-and-Mortar Meltdown.
HSBC Runs into Buzzsaw in Hong Kong & China, its Home Market Generating 75% of its Profits by Nick Corbishley • Aug 19, 2019 • 24 Comments HSBC’s pleas of innocence have won little sympathy in Beijing.
It Starts: First Truck Maker Cuts Production by Wolf Richter • Aug 16, 2019 • 12 Comments Navistar confirms next phase in Transportation Recession.
In Hilarious IPO Filing, WeWork Dreams of $3 Trillion in Revenue But Has Billions in Losses. Red-Ink Massacre to Come in 2nd Half by Wolf Richter • Aug 14, 2019 • 145 Comments All in next-gen corporate speak to give you the warm & fuzzies. Meanwhile, Uber hits new low, down 24% from IPO price.
