How Amazon Rules by Wolf Richter • Jul 14, 2018 • 93 Comments It owns 33% of the internet “cloud,” 49% of US e-commerce, and is elbowing into other sectors.
NIRP Did It: I’m in Awe of How Central-Bank Policies Blind Investors to Risks by Wolf Richter • Jul 13, 2018 • 45 Comments “Reverse-Yankee” Junk Bond Issuance Hits Record.
Stock Markets See the US Winning the Trade War, Defying Corporate Lobby & Media Propaganda by Wolf Richter • Jul 12, 2018 • 180 Comments Moody’s chimes in.
Leveraged-Loan Risks Are Piling Up by Wolf Richter • Jul 10, 2018 • 46 Comments Rising interest rates have a peculiar effect.
“Big Three” Korean Shipbuilders & Their Huge Shipyards in a World of Overcapacity and Collapsed Orders by MC01 • Jul 7, 2018 • 55 Comments Years of “growth at any cost” led to accounting fraud, huge government bailouts, and murky restructuring plans.
Here’s Why Vacant Stores, Zombie Malls Are Much Bigger than Mall Vacancy Rates Indicate by Wolf Richter • Jul 3, 2018 • 120 Comments Zombie malls and shuttered stores don’t count.
PwC Hit with $625 Million in Damages for Negligence in Bank-Fraud Case Brought by the FDIC by Wolf Richter • Jul 2, 2018 • 63 Comments When it gets too complicated for senior auditors, send in a “college-aged intern.”
Google, Microsoft, Oracle et al. Gang Up on Amazon for $10Bn Pentagon Prize by Safehaven • Jul 1, 2018 • 20 Comments But they’re firing blanks.
Walgreens Hit by Dropping Same-Store Sales, Amazon Effect, Offers $10 billion in Financial Engineering, Shares Plunge 10% by Wolf Richter • Jun 28, 2018 • 41 Comments Brick & Mortar Meltdown: Dog of the Dow on 3rd Day in the Dow.
In 3 Days, the Last Toys ‘R’ Us Stores Die. And PE Firms Behind it? by Wolf Richter • Jun 25, 2018 • 52 Comments They Come Under “Intense Scrutiny” by the Pension Funds that Feed Them. But this too shall pass.
