Truck Makers Are Going to Have to Fess Up Soon by Wolf Richter • Jul 9, 2019 • 17 Comments “Orders” of Heavy Trucks Collapsed by 70% but “Sales” Rose to Highest Level Since 2006: There’s a Lag. And Sales Are Next
Liquidity Fears Hit Other UK “Equity Funds” as Investors Remain Trapped in Woodford Fund by Nick Corbishley • Jul 8, 2019 • 31 Comments Shares of one fund plunged 22% on Friday. Other funds under pressure, raising serious questions about just how liquid “equity funds” in the UK are.
Boeing, Airbus and Airline Overcapacity in Asia & Europe by MC01 • Jul 7, 2019 • 63 Comments And 200 miracle orders — well, just a letter of intent — for the Boeing 737 MAX at the Paris Air Show.
When the Music of the “Wealth Effect” Stops by Wolf Richter • Jul 4, 2019 • 90 Comments The phenomenon has reached historically huge proportions in the Everything Bubble era. But it comes in cycles – with a big impact on the real economy.
Trucking is Infamously Cyclical, But This is a Tad Extreme by Wolf Richter • Jul 2, 2019 • 27 Comments After truck manufacturers eat up their backlogs, then what?
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: When the Music of the “Wealth Effect” Stops by Wolf Richter • Jun 30, 2019 • 44 Comments OK, so we have a phenomenon here that has taken on historically huge proportions in the era of the Everything Bubble.
Latest Act in the Crisis of the Enormous Korean Shipbuilders by MC01 • Jun 23, 2019 • 33 Comments And now not even their foreign subsidiaries are immune.
Brick-and-Mortar Meltdown Gets Costly for Big Retailers, and Results May Vary by Wolf Richter • Jun 19, 2019 • 46 Comments Ecommerce and globalization of retail crush distribution channels, wholesalers, local retailers, large retailers, prices, and margins.
Trucking Swerves Deep into Slump, from Red-Hot Boom. Smaller Truckers Hit Hardest by Wolf Richter • Jun 18, 2019 • 40 Comments Freight shipments dropped the most since Nov 2009.
Inspired by Deutsche Bank Death Spiral, European Banks Sink to Dec 24, 2018 Level – First Seen in 1995 by Wolf Richter • Jun 15, 2019 • 73 Comments The benefit of NIRP: There’s hell to pay – even the ECB admits it.
