Liquidity Crisis at Woodford Equity Fund Is Symptomatic of Systemic Problem, Bank of England Warns by Nick Corbishley • Jul 12, 2019 • 29 Comments $30 trillion of assets globally are held by similar open-ended funds.
In Escalation of Trade War With Switzerland, EU Risks Balkanizing Europe’s Financial Markets by Nick Corbishley • Jul 10, 2019 • 34 Comments “Weaponizing” Europe’s financial services, with an eye on the UK after Brexit?
Negative-Yielding Junk Bonds Have Arrived in Europe by Wolf Richter • Jul 9, 2019 • 91 Comments NIRP is systematically rotting out basic brain functionality.
Liquidity Fears Hit Other UK “Equity Funds” as Investors Remain Trapped in Woodford Fund by Nick Corbishley • Jul 8, 2019 • 31 Comments Shares of one fund plunged 22% on Friday. Other funds under pressure, raising serious questions about just how liquid “equity funds” in the UK are.
UK Auto Sales Drop to Five-Year Low in First Half by Nick Corbishley • Jul 5, 2019 • 29 Comments Driven by Diesel Death-Spiral, “decline in buyer confidence,” plunging sales of plug-in hybrids. But EV sales soar.
And the US Dollar’s Status as Global Reserve Currency? by Wolf Richter • Jul 1, 2019 • 72 Comments Apocalypse not now.
No, Rate Cuts Were Not Discussed: ECB Insiders Out Draghi as Fabricator & Schemer, and Talk to Reuters by Wolf Richter • Jun 18, 2019 • 58 Comments Draghi’s shenanigans get hilarious, just months before his term ends.
Bad Loans Still Too High at Eurozone Banks, ECB Warns by Don Quijones • Jun 17, 2019 • 44 Comments NPLs remain dangerously to catastrophically high in Italy, Greece, Portugal, and Cyprus.
Inspired by Deutsche Bank Death Spiral, European Banks Sink to Dec 24, 2018 Level – First Seen in 1995 by Wolf Richter • Jun 15, 2019 • 73 Comments The benefit of NIRP: There’s hell to pay – even the ECB admits it.
UK Government Blew Billions on “Help to Buy” Scheme that Enriched Home Builders and Drove Up Home Prices. Taxpayers on the Hook When Prices Sink, New Report Warns by Don Quijones • Jun 13, 2019 • 17 Comments But it helped high-income people buy homes.
