PG&E Suspends Dividends, “Uncertainty Related to Causes” of Bay Area Wildfires. Shares Plunge Further by Wolf Richter • Dec 21, 2017 • 77 Comments California utility goes for “cash conservation.” Investors, not just rate payers, to foot the bill.
Margin Debt, Backed by Enron-Déjà-Vu Steinhoff Shares, Hits BofA, Citi, HSBC, Goldman, BNP by Wolf Richter • Dec 19, 2017 • 57 Comments “Shadow margin” is a hot business for brokers. Now they lick their wounds.
The Hottest, Largest-Ever Cryptocurrency ICO Mindblower by Wolf Richter • Dec 18, 2017 • 86 Comments But regulators are waking up.
Where the Heck is Microsoft’s “Edge?” (Left Behind for Dead) by Wolf Richter • Dec 17, 2017 • 98 Comments In the North American Browser War, there is only one winner.
Enron Déjà Vu? Citi, BofA, HSBC, Goldman, BNP on the Hook as Steinhoff Spirals Down by Wolf Richter • Dec 8, 2017 • 55 Comments $21 billion of debt. Off-balance-sheet entities. Moody’s wakes up, downgrades it four notches, with more to come.
Fed Tightens, “and so far, Nothing Has Blown Up” by Wolf Richter • Dec 5, 2017 • 67 Comments Gundlach frets about bonds during QE unwind, rate hikes, tax cuts, and rising deficits.
GM Sells 70% More Vehicles in China than the US by Wolf Richter • Dec 5, 2017 • 31 Comments Big Risks, Thin Profits. US taxpayers helped.
Stock Market Lazes Happily on a Powerful Time Bomb, and the Fed Begins to Worry by Wolf Richter • Nov 29, 2017 • 84 Comments Pointing at “excesses,” “distortions,” and “imbalances.”
The EU (with Help from Germany) just Made Monsanto’s Day by Don Quijones • Nov 28, 2017 • 30 Comments One of Germany’s largest companies is trying to buy Monsanto, which changes everything.
