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"Pause that refreshes?", "Fleshwound?", or "beginning of the end?"

If you're still on the fence about whether the auto market in this country is anything but a massive bubble being propped up by extremely loose credit underwriting standards, then we think Equifax has just provided some definitive evidence that just might push you over the edge. 

In discussing delinquency trends in deep subprime auto ABS deals, Equifax Chief Economist Amy Crews Cutts recently pointed out that 2016 and 2017 vintage deals are mysteriously performing more like 2007 securitizations than those underwritten in 2010. 

Here's more from Bloomberg:

Authored by Wolf Richter via WolfStreet.com,

The fate of asset bubbles under the new regime.

After last week's brief war with North Korean-inspired volatility explosion (and just as rapid subsequent retracement), some have asked if the resulting market decline, which is down a further 1% on today's latest terrorist attack in Spain, has made stocks more attractive.

Via The Daily Bell