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“There’s no Reason to Panic” about German Miracle Economy

by Wolf Richter • Oct 7, 2014 • 4 Comments

That these comparisons to January 2009 are suddenly cropping up is unnerving. Stocks are rolling over.

This Chart Shows How Plunging German Factory Orders Sink the Economy

by Wolf Richter • Oct 6, 2014 • Comments Off on This Chart Shows How Plunging German Factory Orders Sink the Economy

Germany, which is supposed to pull the Eurozone out of its funk, is sinking into a funk of its own.

Credit Bubble Begins to Exact its Pound of Flesh: GT Advanced Tech Soars, Crashes, and Burns

by Wolf Richter • Oct 6, 2014 • 4 Comments

Weighed down by soaring debt, it declares bankruptcy. Stock loses 92% in one day. From $20 to $0.80 in 3 months. A harbinger.

Add This “Messed Up” Emerging Market to Your Watch List

by Bill Bonner • Oct 6, 2014 • 2 Comments

When you conduct your financial affairs as loosey-goosey as Argentina, no one will lend you money. Then – gracias a Dios! – you’re forced into solvency.

Shrinking Deficit? Ha! US Government Debt Jumps by $1.1 Trillion in Fiscal Year

by Wolf Richter • Oct 5, 2014 • 12 Comments

The US gross national debt ballooned far faster in fiscal 2014 than what government accounting of the budget deficits would have you believe.

How Mexico Reengineers Reality to Lure Foreign Investors

by Don Quijones • Oct 5, 2014 • Comments Off on How Mexico Reengineers Reality to Lure Foreign Investors

Peña Nieto’s government excels at selling its message abroad and controlling its PR with an iron fist. But at home, reality is not so great.

IPO Mania Collapses in Germany

by Wolf Richter • Oct 3, 2014 • 7 Comments

This shouldn’t have happened. Where is the euphoria?

Catalonia’s Choice: Chaotic Divorce or Loveless Marriage

by Don Quijones • Oct 3, 2014 • 6 Comments

In the worst case scenario, financial chaos would ensue, in Madrid and in Catalonia.

US Home Prices Are Rolling Over (in one Chart)

by Wolf Richter • Oct 2, 2014 • 5 Comments

The numerous outfits that attempt to measure home price levels and movements in the US all come up with different numbers, and often frustratingly so, in part because they measure different things. Some measure actual cities, others measure the often multi-county area of the entire metroplex. So the absolute price levels differ, and timing may…

“But Analysts Say There’s No Reason to Panic”

by Wolf Richter • Oct 2, 2014 • 11 Comments

After years of Fed-induced market mania, analysts lost the neurological ability to fathom that stocks can actually go down.

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