Russia Dumped Most of its US Treasury Holdings, Disappeared from List by Wolf Richter • Jul 17, 2018 • 67 Comments Good thing Russia never held as many Treasuries as China and Japan. The scenario would have been different.
“Yield-Curve Inversion” Consensus Rouses Contrarian in Me by Wolf Richter • Jul 17, 2018 • 65 Comments Markets have a way of blowing this type of consensus out of the water.
Multiyear, Job-Creating, Mass-Tourist Boom in Spain Runs Out of Steam by Don Quijones • Jul 17, 2018 • 26 Comments Tourism accounted for a quarter of the jobs created since 2013 — but mass-tourism of this type brings its own problems.
As Risks Balloon, Yield Chasers Blow Off the Fed by Wolf Richter • Jul 16, 2018 • 29 Comments “This emerging trend highlights just how much risk some investors are willing to take in the current environment.”
This “Trade War is a Different Ballgame” by Wolf Richter • Jul 16, 2018 • 84 Comments How the US Trade War with China over autos stacks up against the Trade War the US Lost against Japan.
San Francisco’s Housing Market, Incomes & Disconnects, According to the Planning Commission by Wolf Richter • Jul 15, 2018 • 75 Comments It’s called “Housing Crisis” for a reason.
What Future Is Uber Seeing for Itself? by John McNellis • Jul 15, 2018 • 59 Comments Its fleet of autonomous cars thus far has gone the way of the Spanish Armada, producing nothing but grief.
“Big Four” Audit Firms Not Amused by Threatened Breakup of their Cozy Oligopoly in the UK by Don Quijones • Jul 14, 2018 • 22 Comments After a series of scandals and sudden corporate collapses.
How Amazon Rules by Wolf Richter • Jul 14, 2018 • 93 Comments It owns 33% of the internet “cloud,” 49% of US e-commerce, and is elbowing into other sectors.
NIRP Did It: I’m in Awe of How Central-Bank Policies Blind Investors to Risks by Wolf Richter • Jul 13, 2018 • 45 Comments “Reverse-Yankee” Junk Bond Issuance Hits Record.