US Commercial Bankruptcies Soar (despite Rosy Scenario) by Wolf Richter • Jun 3, 2016 • 29 Comments Beneath the market euphoria, reality plods forward.
How We’ll Know When to Buy This Hated Commodity by Wolf Richter • Jun 1, 2016 • 21 Comments Commodities Rout Not Quite Over Just Yet
How the Fed Stopped the “Corporate Profit Recession” (and the Media Fell for it) by Wolf Richter • Jun 1, 2016 • 29 Comments This about sums up the US economy in more than one way.
Tourism Threatens to Collapse in France by Wolf Richter • May 31, 2016 • 61 Comments What’s crushing France’s crucial industry?
Ultimate Market Timer Sam Zell: “Know What the Problem Is?” by Wolf Richter • May 27, 2016 • 34 Comments Gets even gloomier, hammers ZIRP, starts selling.
The NIRP Refugees Are Coming to America by Wolf Richter • May 26, 2016 • 10 Comments Negative interest rate policies elsewhere hit US Treasury yields.
After Losing $11 Billion on $9.4-billion Nokia Buy & Axing 27,650 Jobs, Microsoft Dumps Consumer Smartphones by Wolf Richter • May 26, 2016 • 48 Comments Another Blistering Merger Fail, but Wall Street wins again.
What Will Sink the US Auto Boom? by Wolf Richter • May 24, 2016 • 88 Comments It’s already in the works and goes far beyond subprime.
Manufacturing Recession Goes Global as Demand Withers by Wolf Richter • May 24, 2016 • 29 Comments References to 2009 & the Global Financial Crisis keep popping up in the reports because that’s how bad it has gotten.
Hedge Funds Are Betting Record Amounts on Meltdown of Australian Banks and Housing Bubble by Wolf Richter • May 23, 2016 • 50 Comments Best way to short Australian real estate, or “widow maker trade?”