Concerns Over Fracking Earthquakes Spread To Texas by Oilprice.com • Jun 8, 2015 • 6 Comments First was Oklahoma, now earthquake capital of the US.
Australia’s “Largest Housing Bubble on Record” in 4 Charts by Wolf Richter • Jun 8, 2015 • 8 Comments The Great Australian Household Debt Trap.
Humans Not Yet Doomed: Watch even the Coolest Robots Fall by Wolf Richter • Jun 7, 2015 • 4 Comments Almost-cute humanoid robots struggling with the basics at DARPA’s challenge (videos).
It Scares “the Hell Out Of” Bill Gross, Yet in Last-Ditch Effort, Companies Sell More Bonds than Ever by Wolf Richter • Jun 7, 2015 • 13 Comments Investors are beginning to lose real money.
Germany, France Call for Fiscal and Political Union. Public Ignorance Vital for Success of EU Power Grab by Don Quijones • Jun 6, 2015 • 10 Comments The “critical flaws in the architecture of the monetary union” are about to get fixed.
China Containerized Freight Index Collapses by Wolf Richter • Jun 5, 2015 • 25 Comments An ugly reflection of reality.
Get Used to Selloffs, Central Bankers Say as They Fret about the Terrifying Moment When Liquidity Evaporates by Wolf Richter • Jun 5, 2015 • 8 Comments “Volatility and repricing,” euphemism for losses, are the New Normal.
The Dumbest Man in China by Wolf Richter • Jun 4, 2015 • 11 Comments The countdown is on for the crash of Chinese stocks.
You’re (Probably) a Federal Criminal by Bill Bonner • Jun 4, 2015 • 14 Comments “Crony Hung in Own Noose” is the headline we’d put on the story. Trouble is the noose is tightening on us all.
Canadian Mortgage Insurer Tells US Hedge Funds Why Canada’s Housing Bubble Is Immortal. Hilarity Ensues by Wolf Richter • Jun 4, 2015 • 14 Comments Millennials, immigrants are “plankton” in the “food chain” for “big wales and sharks.”