Forced End of “Ponzi-Like Leverage” & “Fraudulent Lending” Turns Australia’s House Price Bubble into “Property Bloodbath” by Wolf Richter • Feb 20, 2019 • 111 Comments What banks & housing markets in Sydney and Melbourne are facing in 2019.
What Trucking & Freight Just Said About the Goods-Based Economy in the US by Wolf Richter • Feb 19, 2019 • 59 Comments Something has to give.
London Housing Meltdown Spreads as Pre-Brexit Angst Batters Market Sentiment by Don Quijones • Feb 19, 2019 • 43 Comments “If you are looking to buy a house in Q1 you will have the market to yourself.”
Why WOLF STREET is Still Free and Not Behind a Paywall Though You Have to Put Up with Ads and I Make (Maybe) Less Money by Wolf Richter • Feb 18, 2019 • 315 Comments A no-brainer gets rejected. This is likely my last gig, and I want to do what I love doing. But the advertising-based model is teetering.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • Feb 17, 2019 • 57 Comments What’s Causing the Subprime Auto Loan Fiasco?
Next in the Bankruptcy & Restructuring Saga of European and Asian Airlines by MC01 • Feb 17, 2019 • 72 Comments The fate of the A380 is sealed.
I Was Asked About J.P. Morgan’s Blockchain-Based “JPM Coin.” I Ruthlessly Expand it to Other Payment Systems by Wolf Richter • Feb 16, 2019 • 74 Comments Are banks trying to send credit-card-processing fee-gougers Visa, MasterCard et al. the way of Friendster?
This Retailer Bankruptcy Will Lead to the Largest Liquidation by Store Count in the US. Liquidation Sales to Start Next Week by Wolf Richter • Feb 15, 2019 • 117 Comments Brick-and-Mortar Meltdown for its new shareholders: All of them PE firms.
Just How Huge Are Mexico’s Auto Exports to the US? How Fast Have they Grown? by Don Quijones • Feb 15, 2019 • 24 Comments GM’s Mexico vehicles now are 23% of its US sales. And the Japanese have massively discovered Mexico’s cheap labor.
Worried about Costs & Slowdown? Amazon Scuttles HQ2 Altogether, Plunges NY City Real Estate Industry “Into Despair” by Wolf Richter • Feb 14, 2019 • 142 Comments Prudent cost-cutting move artfully dressed up as response to local politicians that had railed against the $3-billion corporate welfare package.