IPO Mania Collapses in Germany by Wolf Richter • Oct 3, 2014 • 7 Comments This shouldn’t have happened. Where is the euphoria?
“But Analysts Say There’s No Reason to Panic” by Wolf Richter • Oct 2, 2014 • 11 Comments After years of Fed-induced market mania, analysts lost the neurological ability to fathom that stocks can actually go down.
This Chart Shows How You Get Screwed in the Stock Market by Wolf Richter • Oct 1, 2014 • 8 Comments You no longer know if the quotes you see are real.
Junk Bond Bubble Cracks, Destroys Stocks One at a Time by Wolf Richter • Sep 30, 2014 • 5 Comments Party turns into bloodbath. Happening right now beneath the surface of the S&P 500.
Palace Revolt in Eurozone’s Largest Bank by Don Quijones • Sep 29, 2014 • 7 Comments Don Emilio Botín, undisputed Capo of Spanish banking, died. He’d transformed a regional bank into Grupo Santander, one of the world’s biggest baddest megabanks. Now the true owners are getting nervous.
Miracle Man (Who Invented Off-Balance-Sheet Financial Engineering that’s still Sinking Companies Today) by Contributor • Sep 28, 2014 • 4 Comments Ivar Kreuger was a financial genius. But his innovations sank his empire of monopolies, as they would Enron, Bear Stearns, Lehman….
BofA Merrill Lynch: the Four “Canaries in the Coalmine” Died by Wolf Richter • Sep 26, 2014 • Comments Off on BofA Merrill Lynch: the Four “Canaries in the Coalmine” Died They indicate “an inflection point,” as they did in 2008 and 2011. Even relentlessly exuberant VCs are warning.
What Are Corporate Insiders Seeing that Makes them Dump their Shares Like This? by Wolf Richter • Sep 23, 2014 • 8 Comments In the past, they were early, but they were right.
They Do Ring A Bell At The Top: Alibaba Proves Wall Street Is Off Its Rocker by David Stockman • Sep 22, 2014 • 6 Comments The Chinese behind Alibaba didn’t even have to tap their home market.
EU Caves to Powerful, Scandal-Infested Finance Paradise, the City Of London by Don Quijones • Sep 21, 2014 • 2 Comments Expect further debt crises, bank collapses, bailouts, and bail-ins.
