Long-Term “Buy & Hold” Crushed Stockholders in Largest Markets Except US & India. But for the US, Luck’s Running Out by Wolf Richter • Jan 1, 2019 • 99 Comments Ugly long-term charts that Wall Street doesn’t want us to see. And now US stocks are infected too.
Deutsche Bank Death Spiral Hits Historic Low. European Banks Follow by Wolf Richter • Dec 20, 2018 • 81 Comments Bottom fishers were taken out the back and shot.
Retail Melts Down Before Christmas in the UK, Spreads to Continent by Don Quijones • Dec 18, 2018 • 42 Comments After “the worst-on-record unbelievably bad” November, even e-commerce gets hit, not just brick & mortar, on fears Christmas sales could be terrible.
France Chases London’s Gold Market Amid Soft-Brexit Hopes by Don Quijones • Nov 15, 2018 • 19 Comments In the feverish reshuffling of financial services for a post-Brexit world, London still comes out ahead, but less so.
“Outlook Deteriorated Even More for the Eurozone than for Germany” (Despite NIRP?) by Wolf Richter • Nov 13, 2018 • 41 Comments Export-Dependent Germany Hit by More than US-China Trade War.
Why’s France so Worried about Italy’s Showdown with Brussels? by Don Quijones • Oct 30, 2018 • 27 Comments The French megabanks are on the hook.
US-China Trade War, “Hard” Brexit Give Germany Inc. the Willies by Wolf Richter • Oct 16, 2018 • 85 Comments No economy is as dependent on a trade surplus as Germany.
Disorderly Brexit Would Trigger Mayhem in Derivatives Market by Don Quijones • Sep 20, 2018 • 26 Comments Time is running out. March 29 is the deadline. Urgent action is needed. But it’s not happening.
US Yield-Curve Looks Hell-Bent on Inverting, “Flattest” Since Aug 2007 by Wolf Richter • Aug 26, 2018 • 62 Comments How does it compare to German, Japanese, and Chinese yield curves?
Which Yield Curve “Inverts” First? US, Japan, Germany, or China? by Wolf Richter • Jul 20, 2018 • 77 Comments How the “Yield Curves” Stack Up in central-bank manipulated bond markets.
