Russian Banking Crisis: 3rd Major Bank Topples in 4 months by Wolf Richter • Dec 15, 2017 • 29 Comments It “financed its owners”: Central Bank
The Flattening US “Yield Curve”? NIRP Refugees Did it by Wolf Richter • Dec 14, 2017 • 69 Comments Sez Fitch & Yellen.
Canada Home Values Hit “First Quarterly Decline since Q1 2009” as Household Debt Binge Hits New High by Wolf Richter • Dec 14, 2017 • 39 Comments How exposed are over-indebted household to rising interest rates?
Fed Gets More Ammo for Rate Hikes by Wolf Richter • Dec 12, 2017 • 35 Comments Producer Price Index rises most in six years.
Peak Bitcoin Media-Mania Yet? by Wolf Richter • Dec 11, 2017 • 105 Comments In ten practically funny pictures.
Enron Déjà Vu? Citi, BofA, HSBC, Goldman, BNP on the Hook as Steinhoff Spirals Down by Wolf Richter • Dec 8, 2017 • 55 Comments $21 billion of debt. Off-balance-sheet entities. Moody’s wakes up, downgrades it four notches, with more to come.
Bank of Japan Tapers (Quietly), QE Party Over by Wolf Richter • Dec 4, 2017 • 39 Comments No flashy announcement, to avoid alarming the markets.
The US Treasury Market Smells a Rat by Wolf Richter • Nov 20, 2017 • 59 Comments The yield spread collapses to lowest since 2007.
The Corporate Earnings Fiction in Q3 by Wolf Richter • Nov 19, 2017 • 52 Comments The Biggest Sinners in the Dow.
Wall Street Discovers the Brick-and-Mortar Meltdown by Wolf Richter • Nov 16, 2017 • 60 Comments Oh Lordy.