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Deutsche Bank’s CoCo Bonds Speak of Fear of the Worst
Deutsche Bank’s CoCo Bonds Speak of Fear of the Worst The fine that broke the bank? Deutsche Bank investors just can’t catch a break. They keep thinking that shares have dropped so low that it’s time to grab them. Herd instinct sets in, and this buying perks up the shares. Then the bank’s sins once again […]
The Great Debt Unwind Beneath the Surface: US Commercial Bankruptcies Soar
The Great Debt Unwind Beneath the Surface: US Commercial Bankruptcies Soar They’d believed in six years of Wall Street hogwash. Not that you would have guessed from the stock market, hovering at all-time highs, or from soaring junk bonds, even the riskiest paper: CCC-and-below rated junk bonds skyrocketed since their February 12 low as their […]
We’ve Reached the “Zero Point” of Debt Creation
We’ve Reached the “Zero Point” of Debt Creation Hurtling toward a massive financial crisis. Forty-five years and counting: We’ve been on a debt spree since the early 1970s when we went off the gold standard, covering every possible angle. Trade deficits, government deficits, unfunded entitlements, private debt – you name it! Our total debt has grown […]
Fear Spreads of a Housing Crash in Canada
Fear Spreads of a Housing Crash in Canada More Canadians sour on their Magnificent Housing Bubble. Canadians have been gung-ho about their magnificent housing bubble, feeding it with an endless willingness to pay every higher prices, even as regulators and international institutions issued warnings, as short sellers began circling, as subprime liar-loan scandals made their reappearance, and […]
Investor Fears Spike as Italy (and the EU) Inch Closer to Doomsday Scenario
Investor Fears Spike as Italy (and the EU) Inch Closer to Doomsday Scenario Risk of contagion in Italy and far beyond would be huge. Just how low can Italian bank shares go? That’s the question plaguing the minds of European investors, policy makers, bankers and central bankers. Today the shares of the country’s third largest […]
Desperately Trying to Salvage Canada-EU Trade Pact after Brexit, EU Escalates Assault on Democracy
Desperately Trying to Salvage Canada-EU Trade Pact after Brexit, EU Escalates Assault on Democracy The European Commission, it seems, will never learn. Despite the existential crisis caused by Britain’s decision to leave the EU and the serious questions being raised about the EU’s gaping lack of democratic legitimacy, the European Commission just escalated its assault […]
NY Fed Warns about Booming Subprime Mortgages, now Insured by the Government
NY Fed Warns about Booming Subprime Mortgages, now Insured by the Government “Astronomical” default rates and losses. The New York Fed just warned about the ticking mortgage subprime time bombs once again being amassed, and what happens to them when home prices decline. But unlike during the last housing bust, a large portion of these time […]
Turns out, OPEC Isn’t Dead Yet
Turns out, OPEC Isn’t Dead Yet In War for Market Share with US shale oil. Mayhem has crisscrossed the global oil markets since 2014: Huge losses for Big Oil, including teetering, over-indebted, state-owned giants like Mexico’s Pemex and Brazil’s Petrobras; bankruptcies among some of the smaller players; cuts in production in the US, Canada, and China where production […]
This is How Draghi Will Sock it to Investors that Weren’t Invited to the Secret Meetings
This is How Draghi Will Sock it to Investors that Weren’t Invited to the Secret Meetings They’re all getting ready for Wednesday. Here’s what Draghi has accomplished recently: the prices of euro-denominated corporate debt have soared. The average yield of investment-grade debt is on the verge of dropping below 1%. A good part of the […]
“The Specter of a Break-up Is Haunting Europe”
“The Specter of a Break-up Is Haunting Europe” Internal Strife and Divisions Blossom in Euro Land. Since the Eurozone’s sovereign debt crisis began, in 2010, Europe’s leaders have faced a Herculean task: keeping the rickety European edifice intact. Now, five years later, there are much more ominous signs of wear and tear. Everyone is focused on the dire threat […]
Another Real Estate Crash Is Coming: Legendary Market Timer Unloads His Positions: “They’ve Sold Deferred Reality For So Long…”
Another Real Estate Crash Is Coming: Legendary Market Timer Unloads His Positions: “They’ve Sold Deferred Reality For So Long…” If you haven’t heard yet, median home prices in the United States are on a tear having reached all-time highs in April. To boot, rental prices have gone insane, showing a year-over-year inflationary increase of 8%. On top of that, […]
The Banking Crisis in Spain is Back
The Banking Crisis in Spain is Back The shares of Banco Popular got crushed. After three years of relative calm and one month before yet another round of do-or-die general elections, the words “banking” and “crisis” are back on the front pages of Spain’s newspapers. Despite the untold billions of euros of public funds lavished on “cleaning […]
Russia Frets about Risk of “Recession” in China
Russia Frets about Risk of “Recession” in China What do they see that we don’t? Russia’s economy has been shrinking five quarters in a row, though in the first quarter of 2016, it contracted at an annual rate of “only” 1.2%, after having contracted 3.7% in 2015, the longest recession in two decades. The budget […]
Negative-Interest-Rate absurdity is another “rabbit out of the hat.”
Negative-Interest-Rate absurdity is another “rabbit out of the hat.” For the second time this year, Spain’s caretaker government just managed to sell 50-year bonds in a €3 billion ($3.4 billion) deal. Despite maturing in the year 2066, when many of us won’t even be alive and the duty to pay back the debt (assuming it […]
