Oil and Gas Bloodbath Spreads to Junk Bonds, Leveraged Loans. Defaults Next by Wolf Richter • Dec 7, 2014 • 11 Comments Revenues, earnings plunge. Liquidity dries up. Stocks eviscerated.
S&P Wakes Up, Cuts Italy to One Notch Above Junk, Economy Sinks into Terrific Mess by Wolf Richter • Dec 5, 2014 • 3 Comments But no worries, the ECB’s desperate backdoor bailout keeps Italy afloat.
So the Japanese Government Bond Market Is Dead. And the Yen? by Wolf Richter • Dec 4, 2014 • 12 Comments In two years, 37% of Japan’s yen-denominated wealth has gone up in smoke.
Corporate Bond Bubble Comes Unglued at the Bottom, Investors Begin to Bleed by Wolf Richter • Dec 3, 2014 • 1 Comment A desperate feeding frenzy takes its course.
Oil War Pushes Venezuela Over Brink, Probability of Default Soars to 84% by Wolf Richter • Dec 2, 2014 • 5 Comments Out-of-money date is April. Fears that chaos will “lead to barbarity and people looting.”
Saudi Arabia Declares Oil War on US Fracking, hits Railroads, Tank-Car Makers, Canada, Russia; Sinks Venezuela by Wolf Richter • Dec 1, 2014 • 12 Comments The bloodletting is spreading.
BMW Smacks Down Elon Musk’s Tesla Collaboration Hype by Wolf Richter • Nov 28, 2014 • 28 Comments BMW insiders: Tesla CEO Elon Musk “is using us for PR purposes.” Stung by Daimler’s and Toyota’s exit, he wants to “decorate” himself with the name BMW.
OPEC Refuses to Cut Production, Oil Plunges off the Chart by Wolf Richter • Nov 27, 2014 • 9 Comments It’s Thanksgiving, and there’s chaos in the oil market (very ugly chart).
Junk Bond Carnage, One Company at a Time by Wolf Richter • Nov 27, 2014 • 4 Comments The money is drying up. Bondholders grapple with the sordid meaning of “junk.”
California Housing Market Cracks in Two, Top End Goes Crazy by Wolf Richter • Nov 26, 2014 • 6 Comments The Fed’s wealth effect kicks in: “Mind-blowing” how the luxury market has been “completely on fire.” The rest, well….
