Here Are the Multinationals whose Bonds the ECB is Discreetly Buying by Don Quijones • Dec 15, 2016 • 27 Comments Its new role as “debt-buyer of first resort” raises a whole litany of concerns.
Currency Armageddon? A Word about the Hated Dollar by Wolf Richter • Dec 15, 2016 • 69 Comments The “death of the dollar” will have to be rescheduled.
Yellen Speaks, Yields Spike, Mortgage Rates Jump, Oil Plunges: But Why? by Wolf Richter • Dec 14, 2016 • 64 Comments 7th week of US Government debt “carnage” continues unabated.
Trump Tweets about China, US Businesses Freak out by Wolf Richter • Dec 14, 2016 • 134 Comments “The whole semiconductor industry could collapse.”
Treasuries Melt Down, Junk Bonds Boom, Yield Spreads Collapse by Wolf Richter • Dec 13, 2016 • 28 Comments The Hot Money returns, bets on Oil Nirvana.
So Who Gets to Pay for Italy’s Banking Crisis? by Don Quijones • Dec 13, 2016 • 23 Comments “There is not and there will not be a banking crisis in Italy, nor will there be a European financial crisis coming from Italy”: EU Commissioner Moscovici
Is it Just Trump Tower? Or is the Entire New York City Housing Bubble Unwinding? by Wolf Richter • Dec 12, 2016 • 78 Comments Not all is well at this glamorous piece of real estate.
How Inflation Bites Much More than the Official Hoax by Wolf Richter • Dec 11, 2016 • 162 Comments The numbers are out. Even Japanese consumers, supposedly suffering from deflation, are getting whacked. No one escapes.
Why the Peso Crisis Won’t be “Contained” to Mexico by Don Quijones • Dec 11, 2016 • 33 Comments In a world that has become immensely exposed to Mexico’s debt and peso.
Government Bond & Mortgage “Carnage” Enters Sixth Week by Wolf Richter • Dec 10, 2016 • 49 Comments Traders got even more nervous on Friday, after having been twitchy all Thursday, and they alleviated this condition by dumping government bonds.
