The ‘Everything Bubble’ and What Happens if Credit Freezes Up in a Credit-Based Economy by Wolf Richter • Jan 21, 2018 • 62 Comments “It could get really messy.”
Draghi’s Membership in Murky G30 Financial Group Under Fire by Don Quijones • Jan 21, 2018 • 15 Comments A private club for central bankers, regulators, and bankers: Bernanke, NY Fed’s Dudley, Timothy Geithner, BoE’s Mark Carney, BoJ’s Haruhiko Kuroda… they’re all in it.
What Will Rising Mortgage Rates Do to Housing Bubble 2? by Wolf Richter • Jan 20, 2018 • 112 Comments Oops, they’re already rising.
$10-Billion IPO of Leveraged Buyout Queen Flops, Investors Bleed by Wolf Richter • Jan 19, 2018 • 28 Comments But private equity firm Apollo makes $2.4 billion “on paper.”
Does the US Still Need to Rely on China to Buy Treasuries? by Wolf Richter • Jan 19, 2018 • 62 Comments Or will China’s waning appetite for US Treasuries cause a disruption in the Treasury market?
Is This Now the Biggest Oil Collapse in History? by Nick Cunningham • Jan 18, 2018 • 29 Comments Venezuela submitted a staggering figure.
Albertsons/Safeway Loses Grocery War, Lidl Gives Up? by Wolf Richter • Jan 18, 2018 • 66 Comments Price war by Amazon-Whole Foods and Aldi scuttle Albertsons’ IPO hopes as customer traffic and same-store sales drop despite promos and price cuts.
Crypto Collapse Crushes Hedge Funds that Touted Huge Gains for 2017 by Wolf Richter • Jan 17, 2018 • 140 Comments Are they causing the rout by trying to get large sums out of an illiquid market?
In Brexit Tug-of-War, EU Aims at City of London’s Tax-Haven Empire by Don Quijones • Jan 17, 2018 • 14 Comments But the EU keeps tripping over its own tax havens.
Asset Class of Vintage Cars Drops More than during 2008/2009 by Wolf Richter • Jan 16, 2018 • 73 Comments But this time, there’s no Financial Crisis, and no QE in sight.