How (Slightly) Higher Mortgage Rates Maul Housing Bubble 2, Affordability, and the Rest of the Universe by Wolf Richter • Nov 23, 2016 • 68 Comments The beating resumed today and will continue until the mood improves.
Will Trump’s New Financial-Engineering Loophole Make Stocks Rally and Bonds Crash? by Wolf Richter • Nov 21, 2016 • 73 Comments Goldman and the rest of Wall Street are smelling the money.
Now it Begins to Unravel by Wolf Richter • Nov 21, 2016 • 72 Comments The Credit Bubble Peak was Marked by “Totally Crazy Lending.”
Bond Carnage hits Mortgage Rates. But This Time, it’s Real by Wolf Richter • Nov 19, 2016 • 94 Comments The “risk free” bonds have bloodied investors.
Who’ll Get Hit by Fallout from the $11-Trillion Commercial Property Bubble in the US? by Wolf Richter • Nov 16, 2016 • 62 Comments It’s the banks they’re worried about.
Will the “Rout” in Government Bonds Turn into Carnage? by Wolf Richter • Nov 11, 2016 • 82 Comments As Trump looms, “Inflation Trade” heats up, “Greater-Fool Trade” falls apart
This is What Happened to the “Trump Crash” by Wolf Richter • Nov 9, 2016 • 82 Comments Some HUGE winners, as shrapnel sinks others.
This is How Consumers Turn into Debt Slaves by Wolf Richter • Nov 8, 2016 • 108 Comments The Fed likes the word “credit.” It sounds a lot less onerous than “debt.”
How “Risk-Free” Bonds Will Trigger Bloodletting in Bonds, Stocks, other Assets by Contributor • Nov 2, 2016 • 27 Comments The costs of the largest game of “Greater Fools” in economic history.
Is Merger-Mania-October the Classic Paroxysm before it All Comes Unglued? by Wolf Richter • Nov 1, 2016 • 72 Comments Something weird is going on – that’s all everyone knows.