Despite Financial Engineering & Clever Reporting Schemes, S&P 500 Earnings per Share Stuck for 3+ Years, but Stocks Soar by Wolf Richter • Mar 20, 2017 • 30 Comments $1.7 trillion blown on making EPS look less bad.
Rising Inflation, Four Rate Hikes, Financial Repression on Menu in 2017: Fed Heads by Wolf Richter • Mar 20, 2017 • 49 Comments Bondholders, savers, consumers to be put through inflation wringer.
Deepening EU Banking Crisis Meets Euro-TARP and Taxpayers by Don Quijones • Mar 17, 2017 • 39 Comments If the ECB scales back stimulus, banks face even greater risk of collapse. But now there’s a new solution.
Inflation Hits Consumers, Mortgage Rates Take Off, “Financial Repression” for Bondholders and Savers by Wolf Richter • Mar 15, 2017 • 77 Comments The Fed is way behind the curve, but at least it now sees the curve.
“In the Short Run, It’s Very Difficult to See When to Bail Out” by Wolf Richter • Mar 14, 2017 • 37 Comments Robert Shiller turns sour on the “way overpriced” stock market.
Bond “Carnage” hits Mortgage Rates, Aims at Housing Bubble 2 by Wolf Richter • Mar 13, 2017 • 101 Comments “Many fear the Fed is behind the curve. The market is even further behind: This is clearly a dangerous situation.”
Snap’s IPO Shares Should be “Junk Equity”: CalPERS by Wolf Richter • Mar 10, 2017 • 43 Comments The scam around the stock of Snapchat’s parent, and a revolt by institutional investors that may have to buy the shares.
Investor Group Attacks Snap’s No-Vote Shares, Stock plunges by Wolf Richter • Mar 6, 2017 • 61 Comments S&P 500, other indices might refuse to include stock, deflating a big part of the hype around its IPO.
This is Worse than Before the Last Three Crashes by Wolf Richter • Mar 4, 2017 • 105 Comments So how long before the stock market hits the wall?
What’s Different This Time? Stocks by Wolf Richter • Mar 2, 2017 • 37 Comments This market (“Dow 30,000”) assures Fed rate hikes.
