This Giant Oil Company Is Headed for Disaster by Contributor • Jan 9, 2015 • 5 Comments “Stick of dynamite waiting for a match… which we now see with crashing oil prices.”
Venezuela Joins Argentina & Russia, Bends Over For China by Bianca Fernet • Jan 8, 2015 • 4 Comments The reward for China is long-term access to cheap commodities.
Hot Air Hisses out of ‘Advertising Tech’ Startup Bubble by Wolf Richter • Jan 8, 2015 • 7 Comments And VCs are trying to bail out while they still can.
This Isn’t Investing… It’s Russian Roulette by Bill Bonner • Jan 8, 2015 • 1 Comment Betting against mathematical odds has won every time so far.
Deflation Calamity Howlers Are Dead Wrong – in Europe and Everywhere Else by David Stockman • Jan 7, 2015 • 5 Comments The notion that a hairline puncture of the zero-inflation line is a precursor of a deflationary calamity amounts to economic voodoo.
‘Crazed Housing Markets’ in Spain, Italy by WOLF STREET Reader • Jan 7, 2015 • Comments Off on ‘Crazed Housing Markets’ in Spain, Italy Just want to let you Colonials know you are not alone in facing a crazed housing market.
Oil-Bust Bloodletting: Projects Cancelled, Layoffs Ripple to Other Areas, Default Hits Private-Equity and Pension Funds by Wolf Richter • Jan 7, 2015 • 10 Comments The “most reliable profit driver” has “abruptly turned sour.”
Russia Sanctions Stir Up Top-Level Mini-Revolt in Europe by Don Quijones • Jan 6, 2015 • 3 Comments Chances of finding alternative consumers of Europe’s goods and services are dimming.
Why You Can’t Buy Oil Stocks – Yet by Contributor • Jan 6, 2015 • Comments Off on Why You Can’t Buy Oil Stocks – Yet Reason is simple: oil stocks are not nearly hated enough.
Consumer Companies Issue Most Negative Guidance Ever, Despite Lower Gasoline Prices by Wolf Richter • Jan 6, 2015 • 16 Comments But the oil-price crash was supposed to goose consumer spending.
