Category Archives: Investment outlook

The Next US Recession Is Likely to Be Around the Corner

Business economists argue that the length of an expansion is a good indicator of when a recession will hit.

Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Nineteen: Uber’s IPO Prospectus Overstates Its 2018 Profit Improvement by $5 Billion

Uber’s financial data in its S-1 filing is misleading and even inconsistent.

Lyft IPO: Get Ready For A Bumpy Ride

Lyft’s IPO is oversubscribed at a $23 billion valuation. But what happens next?

Warren Buffett Denounces Deficit Hawkery in His Latest Shareholder Letter

Warren Buffett hasn’t yet become an MMT advocate, but he’s officially decided that worrying about Federal deficits is besides the point.

Wolf Richter: My Fancy-Schmancy “Fed Hawk-o-Meter” Ticks Down, Still Red-Lines. In Passing, Fed Plants Seed for Removing “Patient”

Not surprisingly, given economic weakness in Europe and China plus Trump trade war saber-rattling, the Fed seems less gung ho about the health of the economy than it was last summer.

Wolf Richter: Oops, SpaceX to Lay Off 10% of its Employees after Funding Fiasco in November

The LA Times reports that SpaceX, the unicorn startup with a newly minted $30.5 billion “valuation” and dreams of sending humans to Mars shortly, will lay off about 10% of its employees.

Wolf Richter: Housing Bubble Trouble in Silicon Valley & San Francisco

Housing is going pear-shaped in California tech-land….and you can’t blame it on a tech bust.

Wolf Richter: Markets Are in a Tizzy. So What Will the Fed Do?

What will the Fed do next, now that investors have finally started to react to its tightening of monetary policy, after years of somnolent money-making?

My Theory About Gold as Diversification to the Busted “Everything Bubble”

And over the long term? It gets complicated, as they say.

Stumped by the Stock Market Slump? Start by Picturing a Used Car Dealership

Trading stocks can be a lot like buying a used car.

Wolf Richter: Nasdaq, “Tech,” & IPOs Are in for Gut-Wrencher

Companies planning IPOs for 2019 must hope that the upcoming year will be like 2000, the last hurrah of the dot-com era.

Global Uncertainty Is Rising, and That is a Bad Omen for Growth

The World Uncertainty Index reveals how uncertainty in the world has evolved over time, whether it is synchronised across countries, and how it compares across income groups and political regimes.

Can Zuckerberg Survive Facebook’s Stock Selloff?

To think it was not all that long ago that Zuckerberg was contemplating a presidential bid…

Uber Releases Ugly 3Q 2018 Results: Losses Widen to $1.1 Billion, Growth Slows

It”s getting hard to believe Uber’s story.

Is This Time Different? Examining Recent Emerging-Market Turbulence

Some emerging-market economies look wobbly. How likely are we to see more crises?