Crypto Crackdown: Bitcoin is a “Combination of Bubble, Ponzi Scheme, Environmental Disaster” by Wolf Richter • Feb 7, 2018 • 93 Comments “If authorities do not act preemptively, cryptocurrencies could become more interconnected with the main financial system and become a threat to financial stability.”
So What Do I Think about the “Crash” in Stocks? by Wolf Richter • Feb 5, 2018 • 128 Comments With all this wailing in the media, you’d think there’s at least some blood in the streets. But no. Not a drop.
Largest Cryptocurrencies Plunge 50%-80%, $372 Bn Gone in 1 Month. Will it Hit the US Economy? by Wolf Richter • Feb 5, 2018 • 74 Comments This is not like the dotcom crash – though it’s even more brutal.
Corporate Bond Market in Worst Denial since 2007 by Wolf Richter • Feb 4, 2018 • 114 Comments It’s just a question of how disruptive the adjustment will be, whether it will be just a painful sell-off or junk-bond mayhem.
Fed’s QE Unwind Accelerates Sharply by Wolf Richter • Feb 1, 2018 • 79 Comments With a sense of urgency. No more dilly-dallying around.
Double-Digit Drama on the Ground for Renters by Wolf Richter • Jan 31, 2018 • 48 Comments Rents are on the move, but not in the same direction.
US National Debt Will Jump by $617 Billion in 5 Months by Wolf Richter • Jan 30, 2018 • 74 Comments Just as the Fed accelerates its QE Unwind. Treasuries reacted.
The US Cities with the Most Magnificent Housing Bubbles by Wolf Richter • Jan 30, 2018 • 42 Comments But some flat spots are showing up!
Um, Is the US Treasury “Yield Curve” Steepening or Flattening? by Wolf Richter • Jan 29, 2018 • 51 Comments And how would the housing market digest these kinds of mortgage rates?
Bond Market’s “Inflation Expectations” Highest since 2014 by Wolf Richter • Jan 28, 2018 • 62 Comments What’s going on is a sell-off in the Treasury market.