Back Below “Stall Speed”: 2016 Economy Matches Worst Year since Great Recession by Wolf Richter • Jan 27, 2017 • 47 Comments Gutted Hopes for a Strong Finish.
Cisco Buys 45th Company in 5 Years, Revenues Still Stagnate by Wolf Richter • Jan 26, 2017 • 46 Comments Have Cisco’s Financial Engineers Gone Nuts?
“Rightsizing Has Once Again Come to the Tech Sector” by Wolf Richter • Jan 25, 2017 • 57 Comments San Francisco’s office leasing market has worst year since 2009.
Financialization of Rents Gets Taxpayer Guarantees by Wolf Richter • Jan 24, 2017 • 99 Comments Government Buckles, Guarantees Buy-to-Rent Mortgage-Backed Securities for First Time Ever. Wall Street Wins Again.
Judge Reveals Shady Side of Crushed Aetna-Humana Merger, Banks to Lick their Wounds, Aetna to Get Pummeled by Wolf Richter • Jan 24, 2017 • 29 Comments Why these mega-mergers? Fees, egos, and pricing power.
These are the Countries with the Biggest Debt Slaves, and Americans Are Only in 10th place by Wolf Richter • Jan 22, 2017 • 137 Comments So who the heck are the Really Great Ones?
What Will Prick the “Leveraged Share Buyback” Craze? by Wolf Richter • Jan 20, 2017 • 34 Comments Fitch Gets Nervous.
Treasuries Got a Break. Now Beatings Resume until the Mood Improves by Wolf Richter • Jan 19, 2017 • 32 Comments So what would Yellen do?
China’s Holdings of US Treasuries Plunge at Historic Pace by Wolf Richter • Jan 18, 2017 • 49 Comments A toxic trifecta for bondholders.
These “8 Men” Own as Much as Poorest Half of the World, Oxfam Reports as Global Elite Hobnobs in Davos by Wolf Richter • Jan 16, 2017 • 129 Comments Even in “rich countries,” more and more people “are no longer willing to tolerate the status quo.”
