QE, End of the Private Sector? Japanese Government Now Largest Shareholder of 474 Big Companies by Wolf Richter • Aug 29, 2016 • 27 Comments The two biggest buyers of Japan Inc. are flying blind and don’t care.
New Leak Confirms: Brussels Has Learnt Nothing from Brexit by Don Quijones • Aug 28, 2016 • 18 Comments Trying to tax the Internet.
The 11 Bone-Chilling Things I Gleaned from Yellen’s Chart by Wolf Richter • Aug 27, 2016 • 106 Comments Who says the Fed can’t have fun at our expense?
Japan Mega-Pension Fund Dives into Stocks, Foreign Assets, Loses Shirt. People Not Amused by Wolf Richter • Aug 27, 2016 • 33 Comments “It will not harm the pension beneficiaries”: official
Pemex Collapse Threatens Biggest Banks in Mexico by Don Quijones • Aug 26, 2016 • 34 Comments Big-oil bailout by taxpayers already under way.
Bank of Japan Prepares for Crash Triggered by Fed Tightening by Wolf Richter • Aug 26, 2016 • 36 Comments Building up a big pile of dry powder.
Did Moody’s Just Sever Energy Giant’s Last Life Line? by Don Quijones • Aug 25, 2016 • 9 Comments Out-of-money, felled by debt and shady accounting, Abengoa faces reality.
Toxic Mix in Fed’s Asset Bubble Nirvana: Hedge Funds on Track this Year for Second-Highest Redemptions in History! by Wolf Richter • Aug 25, 2016 • 10 Comments And what happened in 2009?
This is What’s Wrong with US Oil by Wolf Richter • Aug 24, 2016 • 38 Comments The chart shows what a truly relentless glut looks like.
World Trade Falls for Second Quarter in a Row by Wolf Richter • Aug 24, 2016 • 14 Comments Decade of Stagnation of Industrial Production in the US, Japan, and Europe.