Retail Sales, Inflation Add Fuel to Fed’s Rate-Hike Trajectory, Treasuries Dive as Yields Surge by Wolf Richter • Feb 14, 2018 • 55 Comments But something funny happened on the way to the headlines.
Big Reset Looms for Corporate Credit Market by Wolf Richter • Feb 14, 2018 • 55 Comments Market still blows off Fed, Treasury selloff, and volatility in stocks.
Another Big British Bank Lands in Deep Trouble by Don Quijones • Feb 13, 2018 • 26 Comments Barclays faces a criminal trial in the UK. Last week it was RBS.
Record Short Bets against 10-Year Treasury Promise Turmoil by Wolf Richter • Feb 13, 2018 • 38 Comments A very crowded trade goes begging for a contrarian reaction.
Wholesale Power Generators to Get Hurt by Grid Batteries by Leonard Hyman and Willian Tilles • Feb 13, 2018 • 46 Comments A utility in Texas takes first steps. Incumbents not amused.
Four Rate Hikes in 2018 as US National Debt Will Spike by Wolf Richter • Feb 12, 2018 • 112 Comments Chorus gets louder. But no one will be ready for those mortgage rates.
How to Manipulate Stocks: Chinese Authorities Step in to Stop the Rout by Wolf Richter • Feb 12, 2018 • 50 Comments For proper effect, the directives were purposefully leaked to the media.
What Crushed Stocks? by Wolf Richter • Feb 11, 2018 • 89 Comments Treasury yields don’t matter – until they do. Mortgage rates jump.
Bridgewater Bets Big against Largest Banks in Spain & Italy by Don Quijones • Feb 10, 2018 • 21 Comments World’s largest hedge fund puts down $13 Bn to profit from trouble in the EU
What the Headlines about Tesla, Snap, and Twitter “Earnings” Should Have Said by Wolf Richter • Feb 9, 2018 • 146 Comments How can the media be so gullible – and pliable? I don’t know either.