Wall Street shenanigans

Fed Goes Hog-Wild with T-Bills, But Repos Drop from a Month Ago, and MBS Shrink by $22 Bn

by Wolf Richter • Dec 5, 2019 • 126 Comments

Bailing out its crybaby-cronies on Wall Street, even when there isn’t a crisis.

Another UK Mutual Fund Leaves Investors Twisting in the Wind

by Nick Corbishley • Dec 4, 2019 • 30 Comments

Another “run on the fund.” More investors can’t get their money out but contemplate big losses.

Fracking Blows Up Investors Again: Phase 2 of the Great American Shale Oil & Gas Bust

by Wolf Richter • Nov 23, 2019 • 102 Comments

Including billionaires who thought they’d picked the bottom in 2016.

Chinese Stock Collapses 98% in Hours After MSCI Flip-Flops: How Index Providers Saddle US Pension Funds with Stock Scams

by Wolf Richter • Nov 21, 2019 • 99 Comments

Despite my assurances that “Nothing Goes to Heck in a Straight Line,” a Chinese stock just did.

THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Fear of “Reversal Rates” Sets in, Says the Fed

by Wolf Richter • Nov 17, 2019 • 105 Comments

The fear that today’s negative or low interest rates render central banks helpless in face of the next economic crisis.

Is SoftBank’s Bailout of WeWork Already in Trouble?

by Wolf Richter • Nov 14, 2019 • 90 Comments

Tender Offer Didn’t Happen. Bonds Plunge to Record Low. This comes after WeWork reported a $1.25 billion loss in Q3. Second thoughts about throwing so many good billions after bad?

Screwed Investors Still Stuck in Woodford’s Imploded Mutual Fund Get a Glimpse of Their Losses

by Nick Corbishley • Nov 14, 2019 • 54 Comments

After a “run on the fund,” triggered when people figured out it was loaded up with crappy illiquid assets.

How the Fed Boosts the 1%: Even the Upper Middle Class Loses Share of Household Wealth to the 1%. Bottom Half Gets Screwed

by Wolf Richter • Nov 13, 2019 • 168 Comments

It is ironic the Fed puts out this data, as if to show off its success, and how every time the wealth of the 1% is threatened, the Fed comes up with new bailouts, rate cuts, and other shenanigans.

Fed Goes Nuts with Repos & T-Bills but Sheds Mortgage Backed Securities

by Wolf Richter • Nov 7, 2019 • 135 Comments

The fastest increase in assets for any two-month period since the post-Lehman freak show in late 2008 and early 2009.

What’s Behind the Fed’s Bailout of the Repo Market?

by Wolf Richter • Nov 6, 2019 • 60 Comments

Whose Bets are Getting Bailed Out by the Fed’s Repos & T-Bill Purchases?

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