WeWork CMBS Cause Jitters, Bonds Hit Record Low by Wolf Richter • Oct 4, 2019 • 114 Comments It’s so big: Soul searching in the Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities market.
IPOs Crash & Burn, Debris Hits Housing, Office Markets by Wolf Richter • Oct 2, 2019 • 94 Comments Signs are now all over Silicon Valley and San Francisco.
US Gross National Debt Jumps by $1.2 Trillion in Fiscal 2019, to $22.7 Trillion, Hits 106.5% of GDP by Wolf Richter • Oct 1, 2019 • 133 Comments But what happens if there’s actually a recession?
Altria Rues the Day it Plowed $13 Billion into Super-Unicorn Juul by Wolf Richter • Sep 23, 2019 • 126 Comments Dark Side Comes to the Fore: Juul is the Second Highest Valued US Unicorn, Behind WeWork Which Crashed & Burned. Now it’s Juul’s Turn.
Asset Class of Vintage Cars Drops into Bear Market, Down by More than in 2008/2009 by Wolf Richter • Sep 22, 2019 • 127 Comments “Expert sentiment is at its lowest point since October 2010, largely due to market observers’ reactions to the Monterey auctions.”
Fed Admits Failure of ‘Plan A’ to Control Money Market Rates, Shifts Back to Repos (which was ‘Plan A’ till 2008) by Wolf Richter • Sep 20, 2019 • 161 Comments The hullabaloo in the repo market torpedoed the function of Interest on Excess Reserves and forced the Fed to go back to the future.
Fed’s Powell: No Negative Interest Rates at Next Crisis by Wolf Richter • Sep 18, 2019 • 117 Comments The Fed has different priorities than the ECB, the Bank of Japan, the Swiss National Bank, et al.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Here’s What I’m Worried About, and It’s Not a Recession by Wolf Richter • Sep 1, 2019 • 122 Comments A rout in the hyper-inflated bond market can blow up everything at this point.
Negative Yields Not Required: Even “Low” Interest Rates Screw Up the Economy by Wolf Richter • Aug 29, 2019 • 103 Comments How to make a mess in the era of low demand.
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, August Update: West Coast Markets “See the Dip” by Wolf Richter • Aug 27, 2019 • 75 Comments Seattle house prices fall year-over-year. New York condos drop to Aug 2017 level. San Francisco Bay Area near-flat. Los Angeles, Denver, Boston set new highs. Las Vegas, Phoenix dream of crazy Housing Bubble 1. Miami stalls.
