Altman appeared to compare this dynamic to the infamous dot-com bubble, a stock market crash centred on internet-based companies that led to massive investor enthusiasm during the late 1990s. Between ...

Seven Nasdaq-listed microcap stocks — Concorde International, Ostin Technology, Top KingWin, Skyline Builders, Everbright Digital, Park Ha Biological Technology and Pheton Holdings — all dropped more ...

Self-dealing enables companies to sidestep market price discovery, mark their asset values to fantasy and boost their ...

US homebuyer demand dropped again in June 2025 – with contract signings for houses declining 2.8% year-over-year to one of the lowest levels on record. At this point, homebuyer interest in the market ...

Homebuilders are already offering buy-down rates in the 3 percent range in the US and Canada. Still, new home sales have contracted year over year, while the inventory of new US single-family homes ...

Speculative trading indicators measure froth in financial markets and indicate when speculators—rather than fundamental investors—are dominating market behavior. As shown below, since 1995, the ...

As the US and Canadian central banks declined to offer monetary easing yesterday, consumer confidence measures are already below the levels recorded in the past nine recessions, including the periods ...

Worth a listen to this one. Michael Green warns that passive investing has quietly turned markets into a self-reinforcing bubble (Ponzi-like in nature) and reveals why bonds now offer ...

The ongoing housing downturn is the biggest story, and it’s getting little coverage. No doubt, there is financial pain unfolding, but longer-term, much lower home prices are a massive part of the ...

All’s well that ends well. We can either look foolish by shielding capital and minimizing exposure to irrational exuberance or holding on as prices mean-revert lower once more. The former can feel ...

A world focused on selling us investment products and ideas spends little time defining sell or aversion rules. If someone tells you what they own or would buy, ask them when they would sell it. Most ...

In a tough market, recreational properties are not a priority for many buyers. A recent report found steep price declines in recreational markets across the province on a year-by-year basis, with ...