# mania (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover mania. Page: Feed: --- ## [To Absorb $1 Trillion of New Treasuries in 3 Months, as the Debt Ballooned to $40 Trillion, Investors Demanded Higher Yields. Bessent Blows Fuse](https://wolfstreet.com/2026/08/19/to-absorb-1-trillion-in-treasuries-in-3-months-as-the-debt-ballooned-to-40-trillion-investors-demanded-higher-yields-bessent-blows-fuse/) _2026-08-20 · Wolf Richter · Wolf Street_ Bessent’s job is to sell these bonds come hell or high water, and at the lowest possible yield. ## [Bessent Doubles Yellen’s Hocus-Pocus Treasury Buybacks, Swapping Old Cheap Debt at a Discount for New Expensive Debt](https://wolfstreet.com/2026/08/19/bessent-doubles-yellens-hocus-pocus-treasury-buybacks-swapping-old-cheap-debt-at-a-discount-for-new-expensive-debt/) _2026-08-19 · Wolf Richter · Wolf Street_ Hocus pocus works with the bond market only briefly. His last hocus-pocus, the big kahuna US-Japan joint intervention, fizzled in days and bond yields marched higher. ## [Oh Dear, Prices of Single-Family Homes Fell by 11% to 26% in 15 Bigger Cities Already](https://wolfstreet.com/2026/08/18/oh-dear-prices-of-single-family-homes-fell-by-11-to-26-in-15-bigger-cities-already/) _2026-08-19 · Wolf Richter · Wolf Street_ In another 5 bigger cities, price fell by 10%. But San Francisco powered off the list after AI mania started running the housing market. ## [Pending Home Sales Drop to 2nd Lowest on Record, Plunge to Record Low in the West, to Near-Record Low in the South](https://wolfstreet.com/2026/08/18/pending-home-sales-drop-to-2nd-lowest-on-record-plunge-to-record-low-in-the-west-to-near-record-low-in-the-south/) _2026-08-18 · Wolf Richter · Wolf Street_ Stuck in the mud at the bottom for a 4th year, after the 2020-2022 home-price explosion. ## [Foreign Central Banks & Governments Dumped Treasuries, Led by China/Hong Kong and Japan to Raise USD for Yen Intervention](https://wolfstreet.com/2026/08/17/foreign-central-banks-governments-dumped-treasuries-led-by-china-hong-kong-japan-which-raised-usd-for-yen-invention/) _2026-08-18 · Wolf Richter · Wolf Street_ But private-sector holdings remained at huge record, with the big seven financial centers leading the charge. ## [Construction Inflation for Nonresidential Buildings Soars amid AI Investment Mania](https://wolfstreet.com/2026/08/17/construction-inflation-for-nonresidential-buildings-soars-amid-ai-investment-mania/) _2026-08-17 · Wolf Richter · Wolf Street_ The massive piles of dollars getting thrown at AI infrastructure have an effect. ## [Prices of Mid-Tier Homes in 33 Big Expensive Cities in America: July 2026 Update](https://wolfstreet.com/2026/08/17/prices-of-mid-tier-homes-in-33-big-expensive-cities-in-america-july-2026-update/) _2026-08-17 · Wolf Richter · Wolf Street_ In 33 charts. A special word about San Francisco where AI mania trickled down from a "mansion shortage" to mid-tier homes. ## [US Government Sold $742 Billion of Treasury Securities this Week. 30-Year Treasury Auction Yield Highest since 2001, 10-Year Auction Yield Highest since 2007](https://wolfstreet.com/2026/08/15/us-government-sold-742-billion-of-treasury-securities-this-week-30-year-treasury-auction-yield-highest-since-2001-10-year-auction-yield-highest-since-2007/) _2026-08-15 · Wolf Richter · Wolf Street_ Bond Vigilantes dissolved long ago into ambient air. But these auction yields make Bessent nervous. ## [My Thoughts about those July Retail Sales](https://wolfstreet.com/2026/08/14/my-thoughts-about-those-july-retail-sales-2/) _2026-08-14 · Wolf Richter · Wolf Street_ Consumers spent at retailers & restaurants just fine, but Amazon Prime Day and seasonal adjustments wreaked some havoc. ## [The State of Americans’ Auto Debt](https://wolfstreet.com/2026/08/13/the-state-of-americans-auto-debt/) _2026-08-14 · Wolf Richter · Wolf Street_ Auto loan balances, average amount financed, loan length, credit score, debt-to-income ratio, and delinquencies from subprime to prime. ## [Licensed Dispensaries, Pay with Crypto (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/UI32dHkBWNAH) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Search verified licensed dispensaries and pay with Bitcoin, Lightning, or stablecoins. ## [China’s Stock-Market Rescue Could Create the Next Great Bubble](https://thebubbleblog.substack.com/p/chinas-stock-market-rescue-could) _2026-07-31 · The Global Guru · The Bubble Blog_ Beijing has stopped the rout—for now. ## [Sell Your Underwear to Buy More Shares](https://thebubbleblog.substack.com/p/sell-your-underwear-to-buy-more-shares) _2026-06-19 · The Global Guru · The Bubble Blog_ Manias, markets, and the people who start them ## [The World’s Hottest Stock Market Is Flashing Every Bubble Warning at Once](https://thebubbleblog.substack.com/p/the-worlds-hottest-stock-market-is) _2026-05-14 · The Global Guru · The Bubble Blog_ Every great investment mania begins with a truth. ## [Before Buffett, There Was Keynes: The OG Value Investor You Don’t Know](https://thebubbleblog.substack.com/p/before-buffett-there-was-keynes-the) _2025-12-12 · The Global Guru · The Bubble Blog_ Here 's a surprising paradox. ## [Freedom, Fortune, Failure: The 1896 Bicycle Bubble’s Warning for EV Investors](https://thebubbleblog.substack.com/p/freedom-fortune-failure-the-1896) _2025-10-03 · The Global Guru · The Bubble Blog_ 125 years ago, the bicycle sparked a financial mania. Today, EVs may be following the same doomed road. ## [The Magnificent Seven vs. History’s Titans: Lessons From a $10 Trillion Mania](https://thebubbleblog.substack.com/p/the-magnificent-seven-vs-historys) _2025-09-12 · The Global Guru · The Bubble Blog_ "Nvidia hit $4 trillion and the world called it a miracle—until history shrugged and whispered: we've seen bigger.” ## [Mark Twain, Silver Fever, and America’s First Tech Bubble](https://thebubbleblog.substack.com/p/mark-twain-silver-fever-and-americas) _2025-09-05 · The Global Guru · The Bubble Blog_ Tale of the Comstock Load ## [Kodak Was Google Before Google — Then It Vanished. Who’s Next?](https://thebubbleblog.substack.com/p/kodak-was-google-before-google-then) _2025-08-29 · The Global Guru · The Bubble Blog_ In the annals of industrial empires, few fell as completely — or as prophetically — as Kodak. ## [From Gold Rush to AI: California Never Stopped Chasing the Next Boom](https://thebubbleblog.substack.com/p/from-gold-rush-to-ai-california-never) _2025-08-22 · The Global Guru · The Bubble Blog_ "A silver mine in Nevada," wrote Mark Twain in Roughing It, "was a hole in the ground owned by a liar." ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/mGKgIrGzccsE) _2025-08-22 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy apps from your repo with auto-config, instant previews, scaling, and monitoring. ## [500% Gains. 90% Crashes. $10 Trillion Lost: Inside Japan’s Bubble to Oblivion](https://thebubbleblog.substack.com/p/500-gains-90-crashes-10-trillion) _2025-08-08 · The Bubble Blog_ Back in the ‘80s, Tokyo got so rich you could sell a teacup of dirt for the price of a Texas ranch — and some fool would thank you for the bargain.