$1.3 Trillion “Leveraged Loan” Boom Comes Unglued by Wolf Richter • Dec 21, 2018 • 70 Comments The Fed has warned about them, and investors fear a run-on-the-fund.
Stocks Tank 3% in 2 Hours after the Fed Refuses to Flip-Flop by Wolf Richter • Dec 19, 2018 • 129 Comments Under tremendous pressure, the Fed sticks to its guns, mostly, and the crybabies are having a cow.
Is All Lost? Record Share Buybacks But Stocks Get Crushed by Wolf Richter • Dec 18, 2018 • 98 Comments The vengeance of share buybacks: buyback queen Apple plunges.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • Dec 16, 2018 • 64 Comments Peak “Everything Bubble?” The data is piling up.
US Banks Disclose Biggest Unrealized Losses on Security Investments since Q1 2009: FDIC by Wolf Richter • Dec 13, 2018 • 36 Comments The price of rising interest rates.
Parker Drilling Bankruptcy Kicks off “Oil Bust 2” by Wolf Richter • Dec 12, 2018 • 26 Comments But look how the bonds got manipulated up 24% in one minute at the close.
US Bank Stocks Spiral Down by Wolf Richter • Dec 11, 2018 • 86 Comments Something’s not right: Banks are heavily exposed to record business debt as credit quality deteriorates.
Ugly Week for Stocks: Bad Sign that Even the WSJ’s Mega-Effort to Reflate them Fizzled by Wolf Richter • Dec 7, 2018 • 99 Comments Apple plunges. FANGMAN stocks down 10.4% for the week, down $1.12 trillion from peak.
Treacherous Times for Bond Funds Ahead by Wolf Richter • Nov 29, 2018 • 82 Comments They sound conservative in marketing materials, but they pack special risks & surprises in a downturn that can entail a catastrophic loss for investors.
New-Home Prices Drop Nearly 7%, Supply Spikes to Highest since Housing Bust 1 by Wolf Richter • Nov 28, 2018 • 44 Comments Homebuilders not amused.