Record Surge in Riskiest Loans Fattens Wall Street Banks by Wolf Richter • Oct 30, 2017 • 22 Comments Crackdown efforts by bank regulators are put on hold.
Big Bitcoin Investor Believes Bitcoin Might Still Go to “Zero,” Just Riding the Momentum by Wolf Richter • Oct 29, 2017 • 97 Comments Our risk-free forever-surging stocks are too tame? Chase “blockchain” and cryptocurrencies. But he stopped buying at these prices.
What’s Up for Auto Sales & When Can We Buy Self-Driving Cars? by Wolf Richter • Oct 28, 2017 • 51 Comments Wolf Richter on This Week in Money.
How Much Illusion in GDP? What You See Is Not What You Get by Wolf Richter • Oct 27, 2017 • 57 Comments Oh, the revisions.
Catalonia and Spain Enter Dangerous Uncharted Territory by Don Quijones • Oct 27, 2017 • 50 Comments Emotions are running high on both sides of the divide.
The Most Unaffordable Housing Markets in North America by Wolf Richter • Oct 26, 2017 • 84 Comments There are a lot of them. It’s called “crisis” for a reason.
NAFTA Effect: Global Manufacturers Bet on Dirt-Cheap Mexico by Don Quijones • Oct 26, 2017 • 51 Comments That wages have remained so low for so long is not by accident; it’s by design.
“Office-Using Employment” in San Francisco and Silicon Valley Gets Hit by Wolf Richter • Oct 26, 2017 • 51 Comments Something convoluted is happening in the office sector.
The EU Just Did the Big Banks a Massive Favor by Don Quijones • Oct 25, 2017 • 33 Comments “Testimony to the iron grip the financial industry’s lobby still exerts on governments and legislators.”
Housing Bubble 2 Gets Complicated: Pending Home Sales Plunge in San Francisco Bay Area, Drop in all California by Wolf Richter • Oct 25, 2017 • 89 Comments But upward pressure on already crazy home prices persists.