Stocks Better Bounce Soon or Else I’ll Have to Revise the WOLF STREET Dictum, “Nothing Goes to Heck in a Straight Line” by Wolf Richter • Jan 24, 2022 • 316 Comments Even a dead-cat bounce that makes your ears ring would do.
New & Used Vehicle Inventories Rise, But for the Wrong Reasons by Wolf Richter • Jan 21, 2022 • 126 Comments New vehicle sales out-plunged production. Used vehicle supply already above normal amid weak sales.
Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada: Mad Scramble to Lock in Rising Mortgage Rates as Bank of Canada Is Set to Tighten by Wolf Richter • Jan 19, 2022 • 149 Comments QE ended months ago and interest rates are rising. Home prices fell in three markets, but spiked in others.
End of Easy Money: Global Tightening in Full Swing, While the Fed Promises to Wake Up in Time Next Year by Wolf Richter • Dec 22, 2021 • 213 Comments Central banks jacked up rates to catch up with run-away inflation, but most fell further behind; only Russia caught up. The Fed didn’t even try.
Brick-and-Mortar Meltdown Manhattan Style, Year 6: Have Retail-Shop Rents Collapsed Enough Yet? by Wolf Richter • Dec 21, 2021 • 105 Comments In a number of shopping corridors, asking rents collapsed by 50% to 73%, amid a slew of vacant stores. But in one corridor, rents jumped.
Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada, November Update, after Bank of Canada Ended QE and Put Rate Hikes in Sight by Wolf Richter • Dec 18, 2021 • 225 Comments Home prices spike in a few cities, “pause” in some, drop in others. Vancouver prices are below August levels.
Powell: Everything’s Moving Much Faster, incl. End of QE, Balance Sheet Reduction, Rate Hikes by Wolf Richter • Dec 15, 2021 • 297 Comments Inflation now a “big threat.” After downplaying inflation all year, the Fed is starting to get serious.
US Wholesale Price-Spike Worst in the Data, Even Services. But Further up the Producer Price Pipeline, Inflation Rages at 28% by Wolf Richter • Dec 14, 2021 • 185 Comments Raging price pressures in the pipeline are heading for consumers.
Share Buybacks Surge to Record ahead of Potential 1% Tax: Companies Buy as Insiders Dump like there’s No Tomorrow by Wolf Richter • Dec 12, 2021 • 173 Comments Buy High, Don’t Buy Low. Prices are sky-high and but companies are buying them back like never before.
Thank You for Your Donations!! WOLF STREET Mug Shortage Update (I’m Out). And Reminder, if You Missed it: Please Donate by Wolf Richter • Nov 19, 2021 • 25 Comments Your support is crucial in helping WOLF STREET grow and build community without paywall and ad-blocker blockers.
