An Orderly Unwind of Stock Market Leverage? by Wolf Richter • Apr 23, 2018 • 52 Comments That would be a first, but it might be happening. Everything in slow motion, even market declines?
What’s Going On in the Treasury Market? by Wolf Richter • Apr 22, 2018 • 41 Comments The Fed’s new paradigm.
This is How First-Time Buyers Get Squeezed by Rampant Home Price Inflation by Wolf Richter • Apr 22, 2018 • 132 Comments Millennials can go to the Fed and complain.
Business Elite, Banks Panic after Presidential Front-Runner Threatens to Scupper Mexico’s Largest Infrastructure Project by Don Quijones • Apr 21, 2018 • 43 Comments A project of “mind-watering” magnitude in money and corruption.
“Financial Stress” in the Credit Markets v. the 2-Year Yield by Wolf Richter • Apr 20, 2018 • 44 Comments The two-year yield, now surging, is a leading indicator.
Did the Bankruptcy of Detroit & Stockton Hurt their Economy? by Bill Bergman • Apr 20, 2018 • 19 Comments Compared to Chicago, which is traipsing that way.
Now Even a Fed Dove Homes in on the “Everything Bubble” by Wolf Richter • Apr 19, 2018 • 87 Comments Bonds, junk bonds, spreads, commercial real estate, leveraged loans, over-leveraged companies… all get named as risks to the banks. This is why “gradual” tightening will continue for a long time.
Congrats! Canadians Just Set a New Record for Borrowing Against their Homes by Daniel Wong • Apr 19, 2018 • 25 Comments Canadians’ personal debt against their homes tapering? That would be ridiculous!
EU Moves to Protect Financial System from Failing Banks by Don Quijones • Apr 19, 2018 • 29 Comments Too Little, Too Late?
Another Big Retailer Gets Liquidated by Wolf Richter • Apr 18, 2018 • 53 Comments Retailers in bankruptcy are notoriously hard to restructure.