Weren’t Lower Gas Prices Supposed to Boost Holiday Shopping? by Wolf Richter • Dec 1, 2014 • 3 Comments Drivers benefit from oil war. But what the heck are they doing with their moolah?
California Housing Market Cracks in Two, Top End Goes Crazy by Wolf Richter • Nov 26, 2014 • 6 Comments The Fed’s wealth effect kicks in: “Mind-blowing” how the luxury market has been “completely on fire.” The rest, well….
The Next Auto Subprime Bust by David Stockman • Nov 19, 2014 • 4 Comments It is only a matter of time before the boom in auto junk implodes under the pressure of rising default rates.
The American Dream Going Bust – in One Chart by Wolf Richter • Oct 29, 2014 • 4 Comments The essential ingredient in a thriving housing market is skidding inexorably in America.
What Unilever just Said About Consumers Around the World: “It’s Really Tough out There” by Wolf Richter • Oct 24, 2014 • 9 Comments Instead of a global recovery, a sudden, broad slowdown – with a plunge in China.
The High Price of Free Money: Now US Bankers Fear Financial, Social, or Political ‘Instability’ by Wolf Richter • Oct 23, 2014 • 14 Comments It all boils down to consumers in an economy that is so dependent on them.
What NCR just Said about the American Retail Quagmire by Wolf Richter • Oct 20, 2014 • 18 Comments An epidemic of store closings, restructurings, bankruptcies… as the American consumer runs out of options.
The People Who Brought You healthcare.gov Put Medicare Billing Records Online by Michael Gorback, M.D. • Sep 30, 2014 • 8 Comments With predictable consequences.
How Hospitals and Health Insurers Collude at Your Expense by Michael Gorback, M.D. • Sep 16, 2014 • 25 Comments Doctor’s insight: Bookies call it the “vig,” insurance companies call it a “PPO Repricing Fee.” It allows them to go around state insurance laws.
Luxury Homes Are Hot, Rest of Housing Market Gets Hosed by Wolf Richter • Sep 11, 2014 • 4 Comments Sweet Spot: Homes above $15 million.
