Record Surge in Riskiest Loans Fattens Wall Street Banks by Wolf Richter • Oct 30, 2017 • 22 Comments Crackdown efforts by bank regulators are put on hold.
Pentagon Worried about Hackers Causing Stock Market Crash by Wolf Richter • Oct 15, 2017 • 54 Comments The Pentagon?! But no one’s worried when stocks get manipulated higher.
Debt-Slave Industry Frets over Impact of Mass Credit Freezes by Wolf Richter • Sep 30, 2017 • 76 Comments Their doom-and-gloom scenario: Consumers suddenly become prudent.
Who Gets Hit by Mortgage Losses in Harvey and Irma Areas? by Wolf Richter • Sep 19, 2017 • 68 Comments “We need to ask for a policy change; the burden with these losses is too big.”
Toys ‘R’ Us Melts Down, Files for Bankruptcy, Bonds Collapse by Wolf Richter • Sep 18, 2017 • 72 Comments Another retailer owned by private equity firms goes bust.
Lawsuits Against Equifax Pile Up. But Where Are the Handcuffs? by Wolf Richter • Sep 17, 2017 • 57 Comments Short seller Carson Block victimized by Equifax hack, sues for $500,000.
Finally the Contrarian Warning from Small Investors by Wolf Richter • Sep 10, 2017 • 98 Comments They did the same in January 2000 just before the dot.com crash.
Wall Street Firms Win Again, Regulators Capitulate by Wolf Richter • Aug 7, 2017 • 54 Comments The Financial Crisis is forgotten. Even sounds of gentle wrist-slapping fade.
Mega-Banks Blow 100% of Earnings on Share-Buybacks & Dividends, Crimp Lending, Constrain Economy by Wolf Richter • Aug 2, 2017 • 94 Comments “Real economy has little to gain, and much to lose”: FDIC’s Hoenig to Senate.
Markets Relax Merrily on a Powerful Time Bomb by Wolf Richter • Jul 27, 2017 • 59 Comments Magnitude is unknown but huge. Brokerages push it to new heights.