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.
Risks Pile Up Quietly in the US Corporate Bond Market by Wolf Richter • Jun 24, 2018 • 50 Comments The fear of becoming a “fallen angel.”
Despite Trump’s Tariff Threat, Automakers Double Down on Mexican Production by Don Quijones • Jun 23, 2018 • 47 Comments Addicted to cheap labor, Corporate America is not playing along.
This Deal Shows How the Junk-Credit Market is Still Irrationally Exuberant by Wolf Richter • Jun 22, 2018 • 54 Comments One of the biggest such deals ever, happening now: How investors allow a group of PE firms to extract $3.75 billion from a company after they’d already extracted billions.
Online Retailers Lose State Tax Subsidy by Wolf Richter • Jun 21, 2018 • 95 Comments Up to $13 billion in 2017. Brick-and-mortar gets some relief. Consumers not amused.
The Smart Money Gets Ready for the Next Credit Event by Wolf Richter • Jun 19, 2018 • 65 Comments “It feels like we’re about 12 months away, but we could get into extended innings.”
Next Mortgage Default Tsunami Isn’t Going to Drown Big Banks but “Shadow Banks” by Wolf Richter • Jun 17, 2018 • 62 Comments As banks pull back from mortgage lending amid inflated prices and rising rates, “shadow banks” have become very aggressive.
Blackstone Becomes Biggest Hotel & Property Owner in Spain by Don Quijones • Jun 14, 2018 • 26 Comments The PE firm as global landlord.
Riskiest Junk Bonds Completely Blow Off the Fed, Face “Sudden” Reckoning by Wolf Richter • Jun 13, 2018 • 20 Comments Still dreaming in la-la-land.
