Junk-Bond Bubble Implodes Beyond Energy, Deals Scuttled, Yields Soar, Suddenly “Insufficient Demand” by Wolf Richter • Jan 27, 2015 • 12 Comments A sense of unwelcome reality hits non-energy junk-rated companies.
How Capitalism Dies by Bill Bonner • Jan 26, 2015 • 15 Comments How is it possible for the average American to get poorer at a time that should have been the most productive and prosperous ever?
Look Who’s Dragging Down the Global Economy Though No One Is Allowed to Say it by Wolf Richter • Jan 20, 2015 • 12 Comments “Social cohesion is at risk.”
This Isn’t Investing… It’s Russian Roulette by Bill Bonner • Jan 8, 2015 • 1 Comment Betting against mathematical odds has won every time so far.
Last Time Inflated Home Prices Strangled Sales Like This, the Housing Market Crashed by Wolf Richter • Dec 29, 2014 • 15 Comments The bitter irony of the Fed’s handiwork.
The Greater Abomination: Washington’s Lies About TARP’s “Success” Are Worse Than The Original Bailouts by David Stockman • Dec 23, 2014 • 1 Comment The Fed’s “No Banker Left Behind” Program.
Oil Price Crash Triggered by the Fed? Amazing Chart by Wolf Richter • Dec 21, 2014 • 5 Comments The Fed giveth, the Fed taketh away. What’s going to crash next?
So-Called ‘Dumb Money’ Flees Junk Debt. The Market Quakes by Wolf Richter • Dec 20, 2014 • 3 Comments Junk-bond funds hit by ‘market conditions’ as retail investors refuse to be sitting ducks.
Avoid This “Hideously Expensive” Market by Bill Bonner • Dec 10, 2014 • Comments Off on Avoid This “Hideously Expensive” Market Driven by central bankers who are “wiser than God.” But it might get even more hideous before this story ends.
Treasury Warns Congress (and Investors): This Financial Creature Could Sink the System by Wolf Richter • Dec 8, 2014 • 13 Comments Among those who’ll get to eat the losses: unsuspecting retail investors.