Bank of Japan Prepares for Crash Triggered by Fed Tightening by Wolf Richter • Aug 26, 2016 • 36 Comments Building up a big pile of dry powder.
Why this Spike Will Perforate Yield Chasers by Wolf Richter • Jul 24, 2016 • 21 Comments Record moneys suddenly pile into the material that debt crises are made of.
LEAKED: Japan’s Mega-Pension Fund Plows into Stocks, Eats $50Bn Loss, Tries to Hide it till after Election by Wolf Richter • Jul 3, 2016 • 29 Comments Benefiting hedge funds and banks that had front-run the fund.
NIRP Absurdity Soars after Brexit, Hits $11.7 Trillion by Wolf Richter • Jun 29, 2016 • 49 Comments No one knows how to back out without blowing up the whole system.
NIRP Absurdity Sets Record, Euro Stocks Drown in Bear Market by Wolf Richter • Jun 14, 2016 • 32 Comments Glorious times for Draghi’s scheme.
The NIRP Refugees Are Coming to America by Wolf Richter • May 26, 2016 • 10 Comments Negative interest rate policies elsewhere hit US Treasury yields.
Manufacturing Recession Goes Global as Demand Withers by Wolf Richter • May 24, 2016 • 29 Comments References to 2009 & the Global Financial Crisis keep popping up in the reports because that’s how bad it has gotten.
What the Heck is Going on With the Dollar and “Fear?” by Wolf Richter • May 1, 2016 • 76 Comments “Speculators are losing faith.”
World’s Worst Sinkhole-Government Sports World’s Most Negative-Yielding Debt by Wolf Richter • Apr 22, 2016 • 61 Comments NIRP Absurdity Soars to New Heights.
Peak Negative-Interest-Rate Absurdity? Hilarity Ensues by Wolf Richter • Apr 13, 2016 • 27 Comments Among the goodies, “reverse Yankee” landmines.