Bond Market Smells Inflation, Begins to React by Wolf Richter • Jan 14, 2018 • 64 Comments Inflation expectations now exceed the Fed’s target.
When Profits at Utilities are Privatized and Losses Socialized, Do We Still Need Public Shareholders? by Leonard Hyman and Willian Tilles • Jan 13, 2018 • 62 Comments So who is taking the risks, and who is getting paid to take them?
Kodak Directors Get Massive Stock Grants Day Before “Blockchain” Hype Caused Shares to Spike 300% by Wolf Richter • Jan 12, 2018 • 72 Comments Regulators remain soundly asleep.
EU “Empire” Plans to Grow Even Bigger Despite Brexit & Difficulties Keeping Eastern Members in Check by Don Quijones • Jan 12, 2018 • 35 Comments The “Non-Imperial Empire”
Markets Still Blow Off the Fed, Dudley Gets Nervous, Fires Warning Shot by Wolf Richter • Jan 12, 2018 • 85 Comments In search of the elusive soft landing.
Walmart Suddenly Shutters Numerous Sam’s Clubs without Notice, 11,000 Jobs Impacted, Chaos Breaks out on Twitter by Wolf Richter • Jan 11, 2018 • 91 Comments “This is how fly-by-night companies operate”
The World’s Most Expensive Oil by Oilprice.com • Jan 11, 2018 • 7 Comments Is it possible to pinpoint the world’s most expensive oil?
Fed Pays Banks $30 Billion for 2017 by Wolf Richter • Jan 10, 2018 • 78 Comments At taxpayer expense: easiest, risk-free, sit-on-your-ass profit ever.
Trump Appointees Deal Blow to Coal Industry by Nick Cunningham • Jan 10, 2018 • 50 Comments “It was unanimous.”
China Threatens to Quit Buying US Treasuries, Cites “Trade Tensions” by Wolf Richter • Jan 10, 2018 • 83 Comments A financial shot before the bow of the White House.
