Will Risk Parity Blow Up…??? by Kuppy • Oct 11, 2021 • 138 Comments When something that is this widely adopted blows up, it tends to blow up spectacularly.
Treasury General Account Plunges by $100 Billion in One Week. How Close to Zero Will it Get? by Wolf Richter • Sep 30, 2021 • 112 Comments “Debt Ceiling Farce 2021”: S&P threatens to downgrade the US by 20 notches to “D” if it defaults, which would be a hoot.
Top 10 Share-Buyback Queens – Big Tech except Intel, Big Banks except Wells Fargo, Buffett – Incinerate Most Cash Ever in Q2. The Rest Lags by Wolf Richter • Sep 25, 2021 • 137 Comments Funded by Debt: Since 2012, share buybacks totaled $5.5 trillion, corporate debt soared by $4.7 trillion.
10-Year Yield Jumps to 1.43% as Bond Market Reacts to what the Fed Said Yesterday about Tapering, Rate Hikes, and Inflation by Wolf Richter • Sep 23, 2021 • 170 Comments The Fed is getting nervous about inflation. “Temporary” doesn’t cut it anymore. And the bond market is getting a whiff of it.
The Everything Shortage & Price Hikes Plastered All Over Fed’s “Beige Book” by Wolf Richter • Sep 8, 2021 • 180 Comments “We need lower consumer demand to give supply chains time to catch up… recover efficiency… and break this vicious circle”: CEO of Maersk’s APM Terminals, one of the largest container port operators.
The Most Monstrously Overstimulated Economy & Markets Ever by Wolf Richter • Aug 25, 2021 • 160 Comments The Fed will trim back its stimulus, but it’s already too late, and it’ll be too little and too slow.
Mallmageddon: How Far the Value of Four Live Malls, Not Zombie Malls, Collapsed this Summer by Wolf Richter • Aug 25, 2021 • 112 Comments Leaving Big Holes in CMBS as mega-landlords, such as Bookfield and Westfield’s owners, walk away.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: The Most Monstrously Overstimulated Economy & Markets Ever by Wolf Richter • Aug 22, 2021 • 153 Comments The Fed will trim back its stimulus, but it’s already too late, and it’ll be too little and too slow.
What’s Behind this Messed-Up Bond Market? by Wolf Richter • Aug 18, 2021 • 133 Comments The Fed. And then the Fed steps away.
Who Bought the $5 Trillion Piled on the Monstrous US National Debt in 15 Months? by Wolf Richter • Aug 17, 2021 • 146 Comments A burning question in these crazy times.