Oil Bust No Problem: It’s Good to Be an Energy CEO by Irina Slav • Apr 8, 2017 • 13 Comments CEOs of Bankrupt Oil Companies Get Huge Pay Packages.
Atlanta Fed GDPNow Forecast Spirals Toward Zero by Wolf Richter • Apr 7, 2017 • 88 Comments I hope the model is wrong.
Ex-Goldman Trump Advisor Drops Glass-Steagall Bombshell by Wolf Richter • Apr 6, 2017 • 38 Comments Is there hope?
#Carmaggedon Not Yet, But Another Wheel Came Off by Wolf Richter • Apr 4, 2017 • 118 Comments “We think the industry is plateauing at some levels.”
Last Two Times After Our Dear Government Reported Data Like This, Stocks Crashed by Wolf Richter • Mar 30, 2017 • 54 Comments Wall Street claims surge in stocks is based on rising corporate earnings. Ha!
Why Does Pre-Collapse Year 2007 Keep Popping Up in M&A? by Wolf Richter • Mar 29, 2017 • 30 Comments Stock Market “Exuberance” Drives Merger Valuations to Record High: Dealogic
Auto Industry Resorts to Biggest Incentives Ever Just to Slow the Decline in Sales by Wolf Richter • Mar 26, 2017 • 59 Comments Last time automakers tried this was in 2009!
Subprime Auto Loans Crushed Worse than in 2009, Auto Industry Bleeds, Knock-on Effects Commence by Wolf Richter • Mar 24, 2017 • 67 Comments After the credit bubble comes the credit bust.
ECB Hands Banks $250 Bn Today, Floats all Markets – um, Briefly by Wolf Richter • Mar 23, 2017 • 22 Comments Gusto for US stocks and bonds dies down quickly.
Despite Financial Engineering & Clever Reporting Schemes, S&P 500 Earnings per Share Stuck for 3+ Years, but Stocks Soar by Wolf Richter • Mar 20, 2017 • 30 Comments $1.7 trillion blown on making EPS look less bad.