US Home Sales Drop, Drop, Drop Despite Lower Mortgage Rates. But Mortgage Applications Jump. What Gives? by Wolf Richter • May 21, 2019 • 158 Comments Where are the foreign investors in this phenomenon?
Deutsche Bank Death Spiral Hits Historic Low. European Banks Get Re-Hammered by Wolf Richter • May 20, 2019 • 50 Comments Just bumping along the bottom, from hopeless to hope and back to hopeless.
Carmageddon Sinks Tesla’s Bonds by Wolf Richter • May 20, 2019 • 96 Comments Tesla is steeped in chaos — and chaos is absolutely the opposite what a complex manufacturing, distribution, and retail operation needs.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • May 19, 2019 • 50 Comments What the Subprime Auto-Loan Fiasco Means.
Subprime Bites: Auto-Loan Delinquencies Spike to Q3 2009 Level, Despite Strongest Labor Market in Years by Wolf Richter • May 15, 2019 • 80 Comments But what will happen to banks and automakers when the cycle turns?
Fed Launches ‘Rate Peg Instead of QE’ Trial Balloon for Next Crisis by Wolf Richter • May 8, 2019 • 87 Comments Wall Street hype artists and QE mongers would be deeply disappointed.
Perhaps It’s Time to Start Worrying About Global Corporate Debt, Suggests Bank of England by Don Quijones • May 8, 2019 • 18 Comments Chinese corporate defaults this year through April are 3.4 times the amount last year.
The State of the American Debt Slaves, Q1 2019 by Wolf Richter • May 8, 2019 • 150 Comments It’s a tough job, but someone’s doing it.
While I Was Away from My Desk, Dow Drops 473 Points by Wolf Richter • May 7, 2019 • 61 Comments Oh lordy, in a market where nothing can go wrong, Dow falls below January 2018 level.
Stock-Market Margin Debt, after Plunging in Q4, Has Not Bounced Back Despite S&P 500 Historic Surge by Wolf Richter • Apr 23, 2019 • 33 Comments Leery investors?