10-Year Yield Jumps, Yield Curve Steepens, on Fed’s Plan to Buy $60 Billion a Month, But Only Short-Term Treasury Bills by Wolf Richter • Oct 11, 2019 • 95 Comments Ending the repo market blowout and un-inverting the yield curve.
How the Crybabies on Wall Street Try to Force the Fed into QE-4 by Wolf Richter • Oct 10, 2019 • 70 Comments The repo blow-out — whoever instigated it — comes in real handy.
How the SoftBank Scheme Rips Open the Startup Bubble by Wolf Richter • Oct 9, 2019 • 40 Comments This scheme worked wonders for a while but has now run into trouble, and a lot is at stake.
When Was Peak-Insanity of the Unicorn-Startup Bubble That’s Now Imploding? by Wolf Richter • Oct 8, 2019 • 99 Comments WeWork was just late to the defenestration party.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: How the SoftBank Scheme Rips Open the Tech Bubble by Wolf Richter • Oct 6, 2019 • 71 Comments The biggest force behind the startup bubble in the US has been SoftBank. But the scheme has run into trouble, and a lot is at stake.
IPOs Crash & Burn, Debris Hits Housing, Office Markets by Wolf Richter • Oct 2, 2019 • 94 Comments Signs are now all over Silicon Valley and San Francisco.
US Gross National Debt Jumps by $1.2 Trillion in Fiscal 2019, to $22.7 Trillion, Hits 106.5% of GDP by Wolf Richter • Oct 1, 2019 • 133 Comments But what happens if there’s actually a recession?
Silicon Valley Is Slowing, Whether for a Quick Breather or Extended Time-Out, I Have No Idea (Guessing the Latter) by John McNellis • Sep 30, 2019 • 72 Comments Strongest argument in favor of an air-walking economy is WeWork, Uber, Lyft, and other unicorns destined to never make a dime. Throwing billions of dollars at these losers is a recessionary harbinger.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: IPOs Crash & Burn, Debris Hits Housing, Office Markets by Wolf Richter • Sep 29, 2019 • 99 Comments Signs are now all over Silicon Valley and San Francisco.
Asset Class of Vintage Cars Drops into Bear Market, Down by More than in 2008/2009 by Wolf Richter • Sep 22, 2019 • 127 Comments “Expert sentiment is at its lowest point since October 2010, largely due to market observers’ reactions to the Monterey auctions.”
