Housing Bubble Getting Ready to Pop, Used Cars Already Popped, and Inflation Goes Global by Wolf Richter • May 15, 2022 • 268 Comments Wolf Richter with Kerry Lutz on the Financial Survival Network.
Did the Fed Wait Too Long, Is the Stock Market Correction Over, Where’s the Fed Put, What’s the Psychological Effect on the Housing Market, and Will there Be Food Shortages? by Wolf Richter • May 8, 2022 • 170 Comments My take also on the strength of the dollar and the impact of fuel prices on the economy.
What’s the Real Inflation Rate, Will the Housing Market Ever Slow Down, and How Long Will the Dollar Remain the Dominant Reserve Currency? by Wolf Richter • Apr 9, 2022 • 159 Comments Wolf Richter on This Week in Money.
The Treasury Bond Massacre and the Spike to 5% Mortgage Rates: This is All Going Very Fast by Wolf Richter • Mar 26, 2022 • 285 Comments Junk bonds are still in la-la-land though, Apocalypse but not now.
Mortgage Rates Are Rising Much Faster than Treasury Yields. What’s the Deal? by Wolf Richter • Mar 24, 2022 • 231 Comments Is the spread heading to what happened in the 1970s and 1980s when the Fed battled blow-out inflation?
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada, March Update, amid Jumping Yields, Bank of Canada’s Rate Hike and QT by Wolf Richter • Mar 17, 2022 • 98 Comments Mad scramble to lock in rising mortgage rates? A few markets went raging-mania hog-wild. Others not so much. In two, prices dipped again.
Gazillion Miles Behind the Curve, the Fed Gets Hawkish: More Rate Hikes, “Faster and Much Sooner” Quantitative Tightening by Wolf Richter • Mar 16, 2022 • 261 Comments The strong economy and labor market can “handle tighter monetary policy.”
Massive Volatility in the Markets, Inflation out the Wazoo, Effects of Higher Interest Rates on Stocks & Real Estate, and Will High Oil Prices Cause a Recession? by Wolf Richter • Mar 14, 2022 • 67 Comments And here I am, seeing 10% CPI inflation coming this year.
Is 4% the “Magic Number” for Mortgage Rates to Prick the Housing Market (and Stocks)? by Wolf Richter • Feb 23, 2022 • 245 Comments The Magic Number in 2018 was around 4.8%. In 2006, it was around 6%. But with today’s super-inflated home prices? Here are the signs.
What I See Ahead for the Chip Shortage & Used Car Prices. Bond Market Reacts to Inflation. The Inflection Point for Real Estate by Wolf Richter • Feb 14, 2022 • 89 Comments A once-in-a-life-time mess, at least in my lifetime.
