Russia Dumped Most of its US Treasury Holdings, Disappeared from List by Wolf Richter • Jul 17, 2018 • 67 Comments Good thing Russia never held as many Treasuries as China and Japan. The scenario would have been different.
“Yield-Curve Inversion” Consensus Rouses Contrarian in Me by Wolf Richter • Jul 17, 2018 • 65 Comments Markets have a way of blowing this type of consensus out of the water.
As Risks Balloon, Yield Chasers Blow Off the Fed by Wolf Richter • Jul 16, 2018 • 29 Comments “This emerging trend highlights just how much risk some investors are willing to take in the current environment.”
This “Trade War is a Different Ballgame” by Wolf Richter • Jul 16, 2018 • 84 Comments How the US Trade War with China over autos stacks up against the Trade War the US Lost against Japan.
San Francisco’s Housing Market, Incomes & Disconnects, According to the Planning Commission by Wolf Richter • Jul 15, 2018 • 75 Comments It’s called “Housing Crisis” for a reason.
How Amazon Rules by Wolf Richter • Jul 14, 2018 • 93 Comments It owns 33% of the internet “cloud,” 49% of US e-commerce, and is elbowing into other sectors.
NIRP Did It: I’m in Awe of How Central-Bank Policies Blind Investors to Risks by Wolf Richter • Jul 13, 2018 • 45 Comments “Reverse-Yankee” Junk Bond Issuance Hits Record.
Stock Markets See the US Winning the Trade War, Defying Corporate Lobby & Media Propaganda by Wolf Richter • Jul 12, 2018 • 180 Comments Moody’s chimes in.
But Who Pays the Price of All This Inflation? by Wolf Richter • Jul 12, 2018 • 66 Comments We already know who.
It “Hit the Mortgage Market Over the Head with a Baseball Bat” by Wolf Richter • Jul 11, 2018 • 56 Comments 8 boots-on-the-ground findings about Sydney’s deflating housing bubble.