Dogged by Lousy Global Demand and Wild Overcapacity, China Containerized Freight Index Crashes to Worst Level Ever by Wolf Richter • Dec 8, 2015 • 4 Comments Bad breath of zero-interest-rate era wafts over real economy.
Industry Holds Breath for Craziest-Ever Commercial Property Boom to Implode by Wolf Richter • Dec 7, 2015 • 24 Comments “If this isn’t the peak, we’re probably close.”
What Happens When the Auto-Loan Boom Blows Up by Larry Kummer • Dec 6, 2015 • 28 Comments Autos impact various parts of the economy in a big way.
All Heck Breaks Loose after Draghi Fails to Outdo his Own Hype by Wolf Richter • Dec 3, 2015 • 24 Comments Something big is broken.
How This Bull Markets Ended by Contributor • Dec 3, 2015 • 28 Comments Watching it happen right before our eyes.
“Distress” in US Corporate Debt Spikes to 2009 Level by Wolf Richter • Dec 2, 2015 • 18 Comments Investors bloodied as the Great Credit Bubble implodes at the bottom.
It Begins: Investors Brace for Mexico’s Biggest Corporate US-Dollar Bond Default in 20 Years by Don Quijones • Dec 2, 2015 • 2 Comments Even the central bank frets about explosive dollar debt.
Subprime “Alt”-Mortgages from Nonbanks, Run by former Countrywide Execs, Backed by PE Firms Are Hot Again by Wolf Richter • Dec 1, 2015 • 46 Comments Housing Bubble 2 comes full circle. But this time, it’s even bigger.
Consumers Lose Grapple with Reality, “Decline in Economic Aspirations” Sets in by Wolf Richter • Nov 27, 2015 • 33 Comments People can easily “adapt to the worst conditions….”
M&A Spikes to Craziest Frenzy Ever, even as Bottom Falls out of Riskiest End by Wolf Richter • Nov 25, 2015 • 17 Comments CEOs, Wall Street are furiously making hay while the storm moves in.