This Is How Insane San Francisco’s Housing Bubble Really Is by Wolf Richter • May 19, 2015 • 17 Comments Boom-and-Bust City. But watch out below.
“Cash Is Coined Freedom”: War on Cash Becomes Official in Germany, Reaches G-7, Draws Withering Fire by Wolf Richter • May 18, 2015 • 40 Comments The Eurozone, the US, the UK, and Switzerland should “give up cash at the same time.”
Why Bonds Are No Longer a “Safe Haven” by Bill Bonner • May 18, 2015 • 1 Comment We’ve been waiting for a crash of stock prices. And waiting. And waiting. It still hasn’t come. The S&P 500 hit another all-time high. But the real action is in the bond market.
America’s Shadowy Energy Connection With Azerbaijan by Nick Cunningham • May 18, 2015 • Comments Off on America’s Shadowy Energy Connection With Azerbaijan US lawmakers and staff received secret payments from Azerbaijan’s state-owned oil company.
“Buyers beware”: Capital Markets “Completely Backwards” by Wolf Richter • May 18, 2015 • 10 Comments A disturbing scenario for folks fretting about “financial instability,” as it’s called.
Cuba Flaunts Oil – Russia, US, Others Line Up by Oilprice.com • May 17, 2015 • 2 Comments “We have reason to believe that Russia is eyeing a re-emergence in Cuba.”
The Global Trade Corporatocracy Slams into Local Resistance by Don Quijones • May 17, 2015 • 14 Comments Not everything is going according to script for the self-anointed architects of the new global order.
Heading into the First Bond Bear Market in a Generation by Contributor • May 16, 2015 • 17 Comments Nobody even knows what it’s like anymore.
China Momentum Indicator Plunges to “Hard Landing” Level by Wolf Richter • May 15, 2015 • 13 Comments “But nothing is normal in China anymore.”
Afraid of Losing Trillions, Wall Street Fights Fed Rate Hikes by Wolf Richter • May 14, 2015 • 25 Comments Stocks, bonds, art, housing, VC portfolios of billion-dollar startups… everything’s on the line.