How Losing-Money-in-Real-Estate Becomes Cool by John McNellis • Aug 24, 2018 • 23 Comments Compass, a real-estate-brokerage unicorn with $800 million in venture funding and a $2.2 billion “valuation,” disrupts – itself?
Here Comes the 2nd Wave of Big Money in the “Buy-to-Rent” Scheme by Wolf Richter • Aug 23, 2018 • 127 Comments A different set of private-equity firms, at the peak of the market, as brokers constantly blame low inventories of single-family houses for sky-high prices.
Facebook Tries to Clean Up its Tattered Image by Safehaven • Aug 23, 2018 • 22 Comments Suddenly in a hurry to remove discriminatory ads.
Another Sears Holdings Spinoff Dies by Wolf Richter • Aug 22, 2018 • 55 Comments Lowe’s finally seems to get the brick-and-mortar meltdown.
The Hype is No Longer with Tesla: Suppliers & Creditors Start to Fret by Wolf Richter • Aug 20, 2018 • 82 Comments 18 of 22 suppliers believe Tesla is now a financial risk to their companies.
E-Commerce Does it Again: The Stores that Got Pummeled by Wolf Richter • Aug 17, 2018 • 65 Comments Even brick-and-mortar sales at our hero-of-the-day Nordstrom actually fell!
Alibaba’s 20-F Annual Report… Financial Comedy Gold!! by Deep Throat IPO • Aug 14, 2018 • 48 Comments In the best-case scenario, Alibaba is the goofiest, most convoluted, opaque, mismanaged accounting mess and business structure in history.
Saudi Arabia’s PIF and SoftBank Not Interested in Tesla Buyout by Wolf Richter • Aug 11, 2018 • 57 Comments Two often-cited suspects are axed. So where’s the “secured” funding supposed to come from?
The Global Container Shipping Industry since the Hanjin Collapse by MC01 • Aug 11, 2018 • 32 Comments Overcapacity reigns as companies splurge on the largest ships, consolidation rages, no one wants to back off.
This is Precisely Why I’ve Been Saying: Don’t Short Tesla or Anything in This Crazy Market by Wolf Richter • Aug 7, 2018 • 157 Comments CEO goes nuts, spaghetti-code algos & consensually hallucinating humans lap it up.
