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.
The Future of Fracking as Oil Price Crashes: ‘When Will People Stop Giving these Companies Money?’ by Oilprice.com • Jan 5, 2015 • 12 Comments Energy expert Arthur Berman offers a dose of reality.
Oil-Price Plunge Triggers Layoffs in the US, Businesses Shutter by Oilprice.com • Jan 2, 2015 • 2 Comments The crash bedevils the markets. Companies react. Damage spreads in the US oil patch.
Oil-Bust Contagion Hits Hedge Funds, Supplier Layoffs Begin by Wolf Richter • Dec 30, 2014 • 8 Comments The toxic mix of financial engineering and an oil-price collapse.
OPEC May Cull Weaker Members by Oilprice.com • Dec 26, 2014 • Comments Off on OPEC May Cull Weaker Members At current prices, OPEC revenues in 2015 could plunge 50% from 2013.
First Oil, now US Natural Gas Plunges off the Chart, “Negative Igniter” for New Debt Crisis by Wolf Richter • Dec 23, 2014 • Comments Off on First Oil, now US Natural Gas Plunges off the Chart, “Negative Igniter” for New Debt Crisis No respite for the American oil patch and its investors.
Oil Price Crash Triggered by the Fed? Amazing Chart by Wolf Richter • Dec 21, 2014 • 5 Comments The Fed giveth, the Fed taketh away. What’s going to crash next?
Great Unwind of Oil-and-Gas Junk Bonds to Defund Fracking? by Wolf Richter • Dec 16, 2014 • 1 Comment Yields spike, damage spreads. Investors try to bail out while they still can.
This Is Why the Oil-Price Crash Will Maul the US Economy by Wolf Richter • Dec 15, 2014 • 18 Comments Wall Street promises a big boost to US GDP. What have these folks been smoking?
What the Heck Just Transpired in the Global Markets? by Wolf Richter • Dec 14, 2014 • 8 Comments Stocks, junk bonds, oil, and the bitter whiff of international chaos.
