Fiddling the Figures by Contributor • Nov 15, 2014 • 5 Comments If you’re in and out fast, you can make money just by stock arbitrage. Smart players know that. Corporations that work to please them know it too.
Italy’s Crazy New Economy from Hell by Wolf Richter • Nov 14, 2014 • 17 Comments “We are crushed by our country’s debt.”
How Low Can the Price of Oil Plunge? by Wolf Richter • Nov 13, 2014 • 15 Comments The bloodletting will go on until the money dries up.
Here’s What Central Bankers Will Do Next by Bill Bonner • Nov 12, 2014 • 14 Comments The middle classes – aka “the voters” – expressed themselves last week. They have been sorely used and they know it.
Why the Pentagon Dreads the “Sale” of IBM’s Chip Business by Wolf Richter • Nov 12, 2014 • 5 Comments Undetectable “kill switches” built into semiconductors.
Saudi Arabia Aims at US Fracking Industry, Hits Its Own Foot by Wolf Richter • Nov 11, 2014 • 11 Comments And triggered a rout among oil producing nations.
How to Commit Financial Suicide by Bill Bonner • Nov 11, 2014 • 6 Comments “Hey… you want a wealth effect? I’ll give you a wealth effect!”
The Major Threat to Some of the Largest Oil Producers by Contributor • Nov 10, 2014 • 10 Comments Saudi Arabia is rattling the oil sector with a price war that many think is aimed at U.S. oil producers. But there’s an easier price war to win: with Canadian tar-sands operators.
This Chart Shows How The Biggest Problem in the Jobs ‘Recovery’ Keeps Getting Worse (by the Atlanta Fed!) by Wolf Richter • Nov 10, 2014 • 7 Comments But it performs miracles on corporate profits.
Retail Investors’ Mad Rush into Short Volatility, and How They’ll Get Crushed by Contributor • Nov 9, 2014 • 3 Comments “The biggest wealth transfer from retail investors to professional investors in history.”
