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?
Who Bought the Huge $1.26 Trillion of New US Government Debt over the Past 12 Months? by Wolf Richter • Apr 15, 2019 • 66 Comments There was strong appetite. Only the Fed shed them. Here’s who bought.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • Apr 14, 2019 • 73 Comments The Biggest Risk for Stocks: The moment share buybacks get slashed.
What’ll Happen to Home Prices in Silicon Valley & San Francisco after IPOs Shake Loose All These Startup Millionaires? Last Two Times, We Got a Housing Bust by Wolf Richter • Apr 14, 2019 • 84 Comments Here’s how it works. Meanwhile, the media is busy publishing real-estate industry hype.
Uber Discloses 3-Yr $10-Billion Loss from Operations, Stalling Rideshare Revenue & 50 Pages of “Risk Factors” that Are Not for the Squeamish by Wolf Richter • Apr 11, 2019 • 89 Comments But it had big tax benefits & one-time gains. And Uber Eats is hot, so to speak.
My Fancy-Schmancy “Fed Hawk-o-Meter” Jumps 18%, “Patient” Gets Slashed, “Moderated” Disappears by Wolf Richter • Apr 10, 2019 • 62 Comments What’s the Fed Trying to Say?
This is How Stocks Get Hit When BBB-Rated Companies Try to Dodge a Downgrade to “Junk” by Wolf Richter • Apr 9, 2019 • 51 Comments There are now many of them. Shoring up the balance sheet is the opposite of “shareholder friendly.” It’s “creditor friendly.”
What Would Stocks Do in “a World Without Buybacks,” Goldman Asks by Wolf Richter • Apr 8, 2019 • 104 Comments Companies buying back their own shares has “consistently been the largest source of US equity demand.” Without them, “demand for shares would fall dramatically.” Too painful to even imagine.
