Fiddling the Figures by Contributor • Nov 15, 2014 • 5 Comments If you’re in and out fast, you can make money just by stock arbitrage. Smart players know that. Corporations that work to please them know it too.
“We Deserve a Better Banking System” by Wolf Richter • Nov 15, 2014 • 4 Comments An utterly frustrated banking reporter unloads about banks that are always getting away with it (pungent 2 min. video).
Italy’s Crazy New Economy from Hell by Wolf Richter • Nov 14, 2014 • 17 Comments “We are crushed by our country’s debt.”
How Low Can the Price of Oil Plunge? by Wolf Richter • Nov 13, 2014 • 15 Comments The bloodletting will go on until the money dries up.
Here’s What Central Bankers Will Do Next by Bill Bonner • Nov 12, 2014 • 14 Comments The middle classes – aka “the voters” – expressed themselves last week. They have been sorely used and they know it.
Why the Pentagon Dreads the “Sale” of IBM’s Chip Business by Wolf Richter • Nov 12, 2014 • 5 Comments Undetectable “kill switches” built into semiconductors.
Oil Trains on the East Coast: “It’s Getting Crazy” by WOLF STREET Reader • Nov 12, 2014 • 1 Comment Crude from the tar sands and the Bakken.
Saudi Arabia Aims at US Fracking Industry, Hits Its Own Foot by Wolf Richter • Nov 11, 2014 • 11 Comments And triggered a rout among oil producing nations.
How to Commit Financial Suicide by Bill Bonner • Nov 11, 2014 • 6 Comments “Hey… you want a wealth effect? I’ll give you a wealth effect!”
Hard to Make Money in Single-Family Landlording by WOLF STREET Reader • Nov 11, 2014 • 1 Comment An insider explains what PE firms that bought thousands of single-family homes around the country will face.