Junk-Debt Apocalypse Later by Wolf Richter • May 27, 2015 • 9 Comments One of the largest junk-debt deals ever takes shape. Largest one is now in bankruptcy.
Schwab Warns on Munis, those “Affected by Pensions” Are Toxic by Wolf Richter • May 22, 2015 • 10 Comments Vast US municipal bond market gets messy.
Are These Ticking Time Bombs In Your Portfolio? by Wolf Richter • May 20, 2015 • 4 Comments When all this money scrambles for the exits, it’s not going to be pretty.
Former Fed Governor Predicts “Wrenching” Market Adjustment by Wolf Richter • May 20, 2015 • 17 Comments Fed Has “No Credibility” About “Staying on Top of Ticking Monetary Bomb.”
Why Bonds Are No Longer a “Safe Haven” by Bill Bonner • May 18, 2015 • 1 Comment We’ve been waiting for a crash of stock prices. And waiting. And waiting. It still hasn’t come. The S&P 500 hit another all-time high. But the real action is in the bond market.
“Buyers beware”: Capital Markets “Completely Backwards” by Wolf Richter • May 18, 2015 • 10 Comments A disturbing scenario for folks fretting about “financial instability,” as it’s called.
Heading into the First Bond Bear Market in a Generation by Contributor • May 16, 2015 • 17 Comments Nobody even knows what it’s like anymore.
Afraid of Losing Trillions, Wall Street Fights Fed Rate Hikes by Wolf Richter • May 14, 2015 • 25 Comments Stocks, bonds, art, housing, VC portfolios of billion-dollar startups… everything’s on the line.
One Wild Week in the Bond Markets, and Look What Happened by Contributor • May 9, 2015 • 3 Comments Everything moved. It’s a totally connected world. In six charts.
How the Liquidity “Delusion” Leads to a Crash by Wolf Richter • May 7, 2015 • 8 Comments Mohamed El-Erian has second thoughts.