Subprime Rises: Credit Card Delinquencies Blow Through Financial-Crisis Peak at the 4,705 Smaller US Banks by Wolf Richter • Nov 20, 2018 • 67 Comments So what’s going on here?
Bank Shares in Mexico (and Beyond) Plunge as Incoming Government Threatens Core Business: Fee Gouging by Don Quijones • Nov 9, 2018 • 12 Comments Part of a global trend, as exasperated consumers are squealing, but no country has threatened to do what Mexico proposed.
Mattress Firm’s Moral Bankruptcy by John McNellis • Nov 6, 2018 • 40 Comments Moral bankruptcy may be one of the quickest preludes to Chapter 11.
The Fed Broadsides $1.3-Trillion “Leveraged Loan” Market by Wolf Richter • Nov 6, 2018 • 52 Comments In detail: ‘Collateral Stripping,’ ‘Incremental Facilities,’ ‘Cov-Lite,’ & ‘EBITDA Add-Backs’
Where the Heck are Share Buybacks in This Rotten Market? by Wolf Richter • Nov 2, 2018 • 71 Comments The myth of the “blackout period.” And the price of “unlocking value.”
I Was Asked: “How & When Will the Next Financial Crisis Happen?” by Wolf Richter • Oct 31, 2018 • 108 Comments China has a lot of balls in the air at the moment.
Why I think the Ugly October in Stocks Is Just a Preamble by Wolf Richter • Oct 27, 2018 • 116 Comments Yet, the crybabies on Wall Street are already clamoring for the “Powell put.”
It’s the Banks Again by Wolf Richter • Oct 22, 2018 • 56 Comments US bank stock index down 17% from January. EU bank stocks crushed, crushed, crushed since Financial Crisis.
Why’s the World’s Biggest Asset Manager Advising the ECB on the Health of EU Banks? by Don Quijones • Oct 15, 2018 • 40 Comments BlackRock is “a market power that no state can control anymore.”
Dead Meat Walking: Why Sears Will Be Liquidated by Wolf Richter • Oct 15, 2018 • 72 Comments Bankruptcy can only restructure debts; it cannot revive mutilated brands and bring back mauled customers.