When Will the Record Corporate “Debt Binge” Collapse? by Wolf Richter • Aug 10, 2016 • 23 Comments “This year is unlike anything ever seen in the history of finance.”
After Losing $11 Billion on $9.4-billion Nokia Buy & Axing 27,650 Jobs, Microsoft Dumps Consumer Smartphones by Wolf Richter • May 26, 2016 • 48 Comments Another Blistering Merger Fail, but Wall Street wins again.
China Inc. Tries to Buy the World, with Impeccable Timing by Wolf Richter • May 11, 2016 • 64 Comments New king of foreign M&A, at peak prices, funded by state-owned banks.
M&A Boom Implodes, US Deal Failures in 2016 Worst Ever by Wolf Richter • Apr 7, 2016 • 19 Comments Biggest losers: Investment Banks.
The Big Unwind Hits Investment Banking by Wolf Richter • Mar 24, 2016 • 15 Comments Everyone but China.
This is Why Junk Bonds Will Sink Stocks: Moody’s by Wolf Richter • Jan 24, 2016 • 18 Comments “Some very critical things are hidden.”
OK, I Get it, this is Going to be a Mess: Standard & Poor’s Lowers Boom at Worst Possible Time by Wolf Richter • Jan 13, 2016 • 41 Comments Worst drop in the “net outlook bias” since the Financial Crisis.
M&A Spikes to Craziest Frenzy Ever, even as Bottom Falls out of Riskiest End by Wolf Richter • Nov 25, 2015 • 17 Comments CEOs, Wall Street are furiously making hay while the storm moves in.
Merger-Mania Bites Back, Men’s Wearhouse Crashes by Wolf Richter • Nov 6, 2015 • 11 Comments Blood-soaked investors are ruing the day.
How Wall-Street Financial Engineering Vaporized Valeant by David Stockman • Nov 2, 2015 • 13 Comments In the US alone, another $15 trillion of bottled air is waiting to be released.
