“Furthermore,” This Could be the End for Investors, Says Avaya, the Lucent Spinoff. Shares & Bonds Collapse Five Years after it Emerged from Bankruptcy by Wolf Richter • Aug 9, 2022 • 115 Comments Wait a minute… Six weeks ago, Goldman Sachs & JP Morgan talked investors into buying $600 million of new debt.
Leverage v. Stock Market “Events”: Margin Debt Plunged in June by Wolf Richter • Jul 19, 2022 • 96 Comments Few took the warning seriously that margin debt issued last year.
Can the Government Even Pay the Rising Interest Expense on its Gigantic Debt as the Fed Pushes up Rates? Yes. Here’s Why by Wolf Richter • Jun 27, 2022 • 282 Comments Higher rates eventually enforce a sort of discipline on the drunken party in government and even in the private sector. That would be a good thing.
That Was Fast: 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate Spikes to 6.18%, 10-Year Treasury Yield to 3.43%. Home Sellers Face New Reality by Wolf Richter • Jun 13, 2022 • 274 Comments Something has to give. And it’s going to be price.
Treasury Bonds Plunge, Yields Spike amid Stock & Crypto Mess by Wolf Richter • Jun 13, 2022 • 182 Comments Folks looking for yield have options now. Won’t beat inflation, but won’t get their face ripped off either.
Housing Bubble Getting Ready to Pop: Mortgage Applications Plunge amid Holy-Moly Mortgage Rates, Croaking Stocks, Ridiculous Home Prices by Wolf Richter • May 18, 2022 • 263 Comments “Recent stock market volatility” catches some of the blame.
Holy-Moly Mortgage Rates Hit 5.64%, 10-Year Treasury Yield 3.12%, Long-Term Treasury Bond Fund Gets Massacred by Wolf Richter • May 7, 2022 • 306 Comments So the Fed Gets Ready to Walk Away from the Bond Market, and All Kinds of Stuff Happens.
Deep-Junk-Rated Carvana Gets $4.5 Billion from New Investors, after Shares Collapsed by 79%, Hoping the World Hasn’t Run out of Greater Fools Yet by Wolf Richter • Apr 25, 2022 • 88 Comments The cash-burn machine needs new fuel.
Treasury Bond Massacre, Mortgage Rates Hit 5.35%, Highest since 2009, and it’s Only April by Wolf Richter • Apr 19, 2022 • 157 Comments But future bond buyers get the higher yields.
Margin Debt Drops Further amid Imploded Highfliers & Broad Stock Market Sell-Off: Not a Good Sign for Stocks by Wolf Richter • Apr 18, 2022 • 136 Comments There are other types of stock market leverage, and no one knows how much leverage there is in total. Margin debt is the only reported indicator.
