This Hits the Wheezing Commercial Real Estate Bubble at Worst Possible Time by Wolf Richter • Aug 8, 2017 • 48 Comments The last big enthusiastic buyer, China, is leaving the party.
Euro Junk Bonds and “Reverse Yankees” Go Nuts by Wolf Richter • Aug 4, 2017 • 52 Comments Draghi’s twisted bailiwick produces a WTF chart.
Mega-Banks Blow 100% of Earnings on Share-Buybacks & Dividends, Crimp Lending, Constrain Economy by Wolf Richter • Aug 2, 2017 • 94 Comments “Real economy has little to gain, and much to lose”: FDIC’s Hoenig to Senate.
Brick & Mortar Retail Meltdown Fueled by Asset Stripping. Details Emerge in Bankruptcy Courts by Wolf Richter • Jul 31, 2017 • 59 Comments PE firms win again. Stiffed creditors not amused in bankruptcy court.
Markets Relax Merrily on a Powerful Time Bomb by Wolf Richter • Jul 27, 2017 • 59 Comments Magnitude is unknown but huge. Brokerages push it to new heights.
“Junk Equity” Comes to Haunt $30-billion Startup by Wolf Richter • Jul 26, 2017 • 53 Comments Snap Inc. tried to turn Big Investors into zombies. It didn’t work.
Risk has been Abolished, According to Institutional Investors by Wolf Richter • Jul 26, 2017 • 47 Comments Why? Wall Street sells “more financial products and generates more profits when investors are bullish.”
Stunning Lack of Market Decline Highlights Surreal New Normal by Contributor • Jul 25, 2017 • 56 Comments Investors are conditioned to believe the Fed has got their back. But they might be wrong.
Record Apartment Building-Boom Meets Reality by Wolf Richter • Jul 21, 2017 • 113 Comments Even the Fed put commercial real estate on its financial-stability worry list.
The ECB Morphs into the Mother of All “Bad Banks” by Don Quijones • Jul 20, 2017 • 28 Comments More than just a few “fallen angels.”
