THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • Dec 23, 2018 • 37 Comments The Junk-Bond Market Just “Puked.”
Nothing Goes to Hell in a Straight Line, Not Even Stocks by Wolf Richter • Dec 22, 2018 • 122 Comments But a whole generation of investors has never been through a Nasdaq-bubble unwind, and they’re shocked.
$1.3 Trillion “Leveraged Loan” Boom Comes Unglued by Wolf Richter • Dec 21, 2018 • 70 Comments The Fed has warned about them, and investors fear a run-on-the-fund.
Stocks Tank 3% in 2 Hours after the Fed Refuses to Flip-Flop by Wolf Richter • Dec 19, 2018 • 129 Comments Under tremendous pressure, the Fed sticks to its guns, mostly, and the crybabies are having a cow.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • Dec 16, 2018 • 64 Comments Peak “Everything Bubble?” The data is piling up.
US Banks Disclose Biggest Unrealized Losses on Security Investments since Q1 2009: FDIC by Wolf Richter • Dec 13, 2018 • 36 Comments The price of rising interest rates.
Parker Drilling Bankruptcy Kicks off “Oil Bust 2” by Wolf Richter • Dec 12, 2018 • 26 Comments But look how the bonds got manipulated up 24% in one minute at the close.
US Bank Stocks Spiral Down by Wolf Richter • Dec 11, 2018 • 86 Comments Something’s not right: Banks are heavily exposed to record business debt as credit quality deteriorates.
Ugly Week for Stocks: Bad Sign that Even the WSJ’s Mega-Effort to Reflate them Fizzled by Wolf Richter • Dec 7, 2018 • 99 Comments Apple plunges. FANGMAN stocks down 10.4% for the week, down $1.12 trillion from peak.
The Fed Explains the Rate Hikes: To Prevent Financial Crisis 2 by Wolf Richter • Dec 2, 2018 • 74 Comments Instead of “bubble” or “collapse,” it uses “valuation pressures” and “broad adjustment in prices.” Business debt, not consumer debt, is the bogeyman this time.