The Big Unravel: US Commercial Bankruptcies Skyrocket by Wolf Richter • Jul 6, 2016 • 45 Comments Instead of that promised “escape velocity.”
These 2 Forces Will Crush the San Francisco Housing Bubble by Wolf Richter • Jul 5, 2016 • 76 Comments Already happening, with impeccable timing.
LEAKED: Japan’s Mega-Pension Fund Plows into Stocks, Eats $50Bn Loss, Tries to Hide it till after Election by Wolf Richter • Jul 3, 2016 • 29 Comments Benefiting hedge funds and banks that had front-run the fund.
It Gets Real: Manhattan Apartment Sales Plunge by Wolf Richter • Jun 30, 2016 • 64 Comments And condo prices plummet 14.5% in 3 months.
NIRP Absurdity Soars after Brexit, Hits $11.7 Trillion by Wolf Richter • Jun 29, 2016 • 49 Comments No one knows how to back out without blowing up the whole system.
How Vulnerable is the Shaky US Economy to Brexit Fallout and European Bank Meltdown? by Wolf Richter • Jun 27, 2016 • 32 Comments Business optimism “lowest since the height of the Financial Crisis.”
European Banks Get Crushed, Worst 2-Day Plunge Ever, Italian Banks to Get Taxpayer Bailout, Contagion Hits US Banks by Wolf Richter • Jun 27, 2016 • 73 Comments The banking crisis jumps to the next level.
ECB Blows €400bn on “Brexit Black Friday” Bank Bailouts by Wolf Richter • Jun 26, 2016 • 42 Comments Dealing with a Financial Crisis under the cover of Brexit Chaos.
Not a Plunge but a Long, Slow Grind Lower by Wolf Richter • Jun 24, 2016 • 75 Comments Without any real end in sight. That’s what’s different this time.
UK Pound Collapses, Nikkei, European Futures Crash, Oil Dives, Gold & Bonds Soar as Brits Choose “Leave” by Wolf Richter • Jun 24, 2016 • 108 Comments Bookies turn into goofballs as financial carnage breaks out.