“But Analysts Say There’s No Reason to Panic” by Wolf Richter • Oct 2, 2014 • 11 Comments After years of Fed-induced market mania, analysts lost the neurological ability to fathom that stocks can actually go down.
This Chart Shows How You Get Screwed in the Stock Market by Wolf Richter • Oct 1, 2014 • 8 Comments You no longer know if the quotes you see are real.
Junk Bond Bubble Cracks, Destroys Stocks One at a Time by Wolf Richter • Sep 30, 2014 • 5 Comments Party turns into bloodbath. Happening right now beneath the surface of the S&P 500.
Small Investors Flash Warning Sign by Wolf Richter • Sep 29, 2014 • 2 Comments They buy near the top and sell near the bottom, getting fleeced at each market swoon. With broader consequences.
Miracle Man (Who Invented Off-Balance-Sheet Financial Engineering that’s still Sinking Companies Today) by Contributor • Sep 28, 2014 • 4 Comments Ivar Kreuger was a financial genius. But his innovations sank his empire of monopolies, as they would Enron, Bear Stearns, Lehman….
Listen to the Slowing US Economy, Hear Echoes of Japan by Larry Kummer • Sep 24, 2014 • 3 Comments The consensus of economists never sees a recession until after it begins.
CEOs Darken Outlook, Slash Hiring and Cap-Ex Plans – Hope Now Focused on Share Buybacks (which just Plunged) by Wolf Richter • Sep 17, 2014 • 5 Comments The word “gloomier” inconveniently shows up to describe CEOs’ outlook.
Algos Saved the Day, but What if They Turn Bearish? by Wolf Richter • Sep 11, 2014 • 5 Comments The spike came with no trader buzz. The buying was all electronic and instantaneous. But what will algos do when momentum flips?
‘Smart Money’ Unloads, Sits on Cash, Waits for Stocks to Swoon by Wolf Richter • Sep 10, 2014 • 3 Comments LBO volume plunges to the lowest level since crisis year 2009.
To Avert Sudden Market Collapse, the Fed Tries to Spook Utterly Unspookable Markets by Wolf Richter • Sep 9, 2014 • 22 Comments San Francisco Fed: Investors are pricing in “a later liftoff date” for the federal funds rate and a slower pace of tightening than FOMC participants themselves.
