Money Dries Up for Oil & Gas, Layoffs Spread, Write-Offs Start by Wolf Richter • Jan 16, 2015 • 12 Comments Years of wondrous Wall-Street engineering dissolve in reality.
Without QE, “Eurozone Financial Markets Would Collapse” by Wolf Richter • Jan 15, 2015 • 10 Comments French Megabank: the ECB is “a prisoner of financial markets’ expectations.”
Shorts Jump off Cliff? US Natural Gas Soars 19% in Two Days by Wolf Richter • Jan 14, 2015 • 10 Comments Were they afraid of what Thursday would bring?
The American Dream Goes Bust, KB Home Wrecked, Other Homebuilders Follow by Wolf Richter • Jan 14, 2015 • 11 Comments What is going on in this glorious housing market of ours?
How Wall Street Drove the Oil & Gas Drilling Boom That’s Turning into a Disaster by Wolf Richter • Jan 13, 2015 • 13 Comments “We are not panicking” – bank CEO.
This Is Just the Beginning of the Great American Oil Bust by Wolf Richter • Jan 12, 2015 • 13 Comments Last time this happened, the stock market crashed. “Going to be a painful period of time,” said Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
Subprime Spikes Auto Sales, Delinquencies Soar, Industry in Total Denial, Fallout to Hit Main Street by Wolf Richter • Jan 9, 2015 • 8 Comments The industry is drunk with its own enthusiasm.
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.
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.”
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.
