Welcome to 2016! With Just a Touch of Mayhem by Wolf Richter • Jan 4, 2016 • 28 Comments On the first trading day, all heck breaks loose.
At Times, it Pays to Raise Your Head and Look Around by Bill Bonner • Dec 31, 2015 • 24 Comments We believe this is one of those times.
Where’s the “Dumb Bid” in the Junk-Bond Rout? by Wolf Richter • Dec 28, 2015 • 20 Comments “Calamitous trading losses have eliminated” that “dumping ground.”
I was asked: Whatever Happened to Inflation after all this Money-Printing? by Wolf Richter • Dec 27, 2015 • 87 Comments So where’s my free lunch?
Which State Has the Most Per-Capita Household Debt? Despite What You Think, it’s Not California by Wolf Richter • Dec 24, 2015 • 19 Comments And look what happened to per-capita mortgage debt.
IPOs Collapse, “Worst Year Since 2009,” Worst Dec. since 2008 by Wolf Richter • Dec 22, 2015 • 8 Comments Party over: “Pent-up supply” in a world with no demand.
What the Heck Happened to Our Santa Rally? by Wolf Richter • Dec 20, 2015 • 20 Comments The Fed speaks, markets come unglued.
Dollar-Debt Blows up in Mexico, Pushes Biggest Construction Firm toward Abyss by Don Quijones • Dec 19, 2015 • 7 Comments The oil connection.
“Perverse, Unpredictable Effects” of Negative Interest Rates: Mortgage Rates Soar in Switzerland by Wolf Richter • Dec 16, 2015 • 13 Comments The unintended consequences of NIRP.
How Junk-Bond Contagion Hits Stocks by Wolf Richter • Dec 13, 2015 • 7 Comments “It’s contained – until suddenly it isn’t.”