The Glory Days for US High-End Real Estate Are Over by Wolf Richter • Dec 25, 2017 • 36 Comments What does this say about the overall housing market? And are the industry’s home-price numbers inflated to promote higher home prices?
Cryptocurrency Mania is the Most Fascinating Financial Phenomenon I’ve Ever Seen by Wolf Richter • Dec 24, 2017 • 101 Comments The piquant irony: This was recorded on Wednesday, before the stupendous crypto-crash on Friday when some of the things we’d discussed two days earlier actually occurred.
Cryptocurrencies Crash 25% to 50% across the Board by Wolf Richter • Dec 22, 2017 • 104 Comments You’ll get whiplash just from watching.
The Hottest, Largest-Ever Cryptocurrency ICO Mindblower by Wolf Richter • Dec 18, 2017 • 86 Comments But regulators are waking up.
Bank of Canada’s Poloz Is Right to Be Worried by Contributor • Dec 17, 2017 • 58 Comments Three possibilities come to mind.
Bitcoin Proves You Cannot Have Your Digital Cake and Eat it Too by Nathan McDonald • Dec 15, 2017 • 61 Comments Libertarians flocked to it “because of the potential that Bitcoin offered, as a decentralized form of money.” That is now over.
The Flattening US “Yield Curve”? NIRP Refugees Did it by Wolf Richter • Dec 14, 2017 • 69 Comments Sez Fitch & Yellen.
Yellen Shrugs Off Bitcoin as “Full-Blown Financial Stability Risk.” In Other Words, No Fed Bailout when Prices “Fluctuate” by Wolf Richter • Dec 13, 2017 • 61 Comments As long as banks are not exposed to bitcoin.
Canadian Homeowners Take Out HELOCs to Fund Subprime Buyers Unable to get a Mortgage by Steve Saretsky • Dec 13, 2017 • 48 Comments The Canadian Housing & Debt Bubble ascends to the next level of risk.
Peak Bitcoin Media-Mania Yet? by Wolf Richter • Dec 11, 2017 • 105 Comments In ten practically funny pictures.