THE WOLF STREET REPORT: How the SoftBank Scheme Rips Open the Tech Bubble by Wolf Richter • Oct 6, 2019 • 71 Comments The biggest force behind the startup bubble in the US has been SoftBank. But the scheme has run into trouble, and a lot is at stake.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: IPOs Crash & Burn, Debris Hits Housing, Office Markets by Wolf Richter • Sep 29, 2019 • 99 Comments Signs are now all over Silicon Valley and San Francisco.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Snapback Bloodletting in the Overripe Bond Market by Wolf Richter • Sep 15, 2019 • 65 Comments The 10-year Treasury yield rips. Unstoppable negative yields become stoppable.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: What to Do About the Student-Loan Fiasco? by Wolf Richter • Sep 8, 2019 • 218 Comments OK, I’m going to wade into this debate — but with my boots on.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Here’s What I’m Worried About, and It’s Not a Recession by Wolf Richter • Sep 1, 2019 • 122 Comments A rout in the hyper-inflated bond market can blow up everything at this point.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: How Even “Low” Interest Rates Screw Up the Economy by Wolf Richter • Aug 25, 2019 • 111 Comments Interest rates don’t have to be negative to make a mess in the era of “Secular Stagnation.”
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: How Negative Interest Rates Screw Up the Economy by Wolf Richter • Aug 18, 2019 • 149 Comments Now they’re clamoring for the NIRP absurdity in the US. How will this end?
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Fuel for the Next Mortgage Bust? by Wolf Richter • Aug 11, 2019 • 130 Comments Here we go again: Cash-out refi hype is back full-blast, and for the first time since early 2006, people are doing it in large numbers
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Is the Everything Bubble Ripe Yet? by Wolf Richter • Aug 4, 2019 • 205 Comments Suddenly – I mean the signs had been everywhere for a long time and “suddenly” doesn’t really apply – the whole house of cards came tumbling down.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: The Giant Sucking Sound of Financial Repression by Wolf Richter • Jul 28, 2019 • 115 Comments In the US alone, it impacts nearly $40 trillion. And there are consequences for the real economy.
