Lower Oil Prices Are Shaking the World by Larry Kummer • Dec 25, 2015 • 26 Comments The long-term effects will echo for a decade or more.
Which State Has the Most Per-Capita Household Debt? Despite What You Think, it’s Not California by Wolf Richter • Dec 24, 2015 • 19 Comments And look what happened to per-capita mortgage debt.
Dear Electric Utility CEO: Merry Xmas and Cut the Dividend? by Leonard Hyman and Willian Tilles • Dec 24, 2015 • 6 Comments The party is over, again.
Former Hot Startup Whacked Down 60%(!?) Whither the Tech Boom? by Wolf Richter • Dec 23, 2015 • 34 Comments We hear a sharp hissing sound.
White Elephant Inc: This is What I Love about Spain by Don Quijones • Dec 22, 2015 • 4 Comments No risks, all rewards – the perfect business model!
“Sudden Withering Demand” & End of Housing Bubble 2, or just an “Anomaly?” by Wolf Richter • Dec 22, 2015 • 16 Comments NAR blames an “anomaly” for plunging home sales, then destroys that theory.
IPOs Collapse, “Worst Year Since 2009,” Worst Dec. since 2008 by Wolf Richter • Dec 22, 2015 • 8 Comments Party over: “Pent-up supply” in a world with no demand.
Mother of all Shorts: How BlackRock Made a Killing from Spain’s Biggest Ever Corporate Meltdown by Don Quijones • Dec 21, 2015 • 8 Comments Hiring the former CEO and then shorting the shares.
It Gets Ugly in the Toniest Parts of London by Wolf Richter • Dec 21, 2015 • 17 Comments World’s Hottest Housing Bubble Caves, Luxury Home Sales Collapse.
What the Heck Happened to Our Santa Rally? by Wolf Richter • Dec 20, 2015 • 20 Comments The Fed speaks, markets come unglued.