Oil Glut Gets Worse – Production, Inventories Soar to Record by Wolf Richter • Feb 4, 2015 • 9 Comments “Oil markets rarely exhibit V-shaped recoveries.”
‘Vulture’ Investors Descend on Oil Patch by Oilprice.com • Feb 4, 2015 • Comments Off on ‘Vulture’ Investors Descend on Oil Patch PE firms offer credit to teetering oil companies at exorbitant rates, with an eye on the assets in case of default.
How Long Can Central Banks Push Bonds to Absurdity? by Wolf Richter • Feb 4, 2015 • 14 Comments Throw enough money at anything, and you’ll kill it.
Immensely Concentrated Positions in “Fantastically” Overpriced Markets with “Unlimited Tolerance for Risk” by Wolf Richter • Feb 3, 2015 • 8 Comments What could go wrong? Hedge-Fund guru Paul Singer explains why they’re all doing it: a “wish not to be run over.”
Bad News For World Economy That No One Wants To Hear by Oilprice.com • Feb 2, 2015 • 3 Comments Commodities and bonds tell a contrarian story.
Who Really Owns Your Drones? by Electronic Frontier Foundation • Feb 2, 2015 • Comments Off on Who Really Owns Your Drones? Or any other connected devices? And who controls them?
Chaos, Fear, Panic Descend on EU’s Hallowed Halls of Power by Don Quijones • Feb 2, 2015 • 7 Comments “You just killed the Troika.”
Canada Mauled by Oil Bust, Job Losses Pile Up – Housing Bubble, Banks at Risk by Wolf Richter • Feb 1, 2015 • 28 Comments What ratings agency Fitch and the Bank of Canada had warned about has come to pass.
Oil Price Soars, Rig Count Plunges Worst Ever, But Bloodletting Just Beginning by Wolf Richter • Jan 30, 2015 • 8 Comments Oil companies are dead-serious about slashing costs. A matter of survival.
The American Dream Dissipates at Record Pace by Wolf Richter • Jan 30, 2015 • 7 Comments Instead of a home, let them buy toxic, rent-based, synthetic structured securities.
