What the Heck is Going On in the Stock Market? by Wolf Richter • Feb 7, 2016 • 27 Comments A sea change.
What Deutsche Bank’s Plunging CoCo Bonds Just Said about the Bank’s Future by Wolf Richter • Feb 1, 2016 • 33 Comments “They’re just too close to the wire.”
Banks Much Deeper in the Hole on Oil & Gas Collateral than they Pretend by Wolf Richter • Jan 25, 2016 • 45 Comments “All of it is in the gutter.”
Schlumberger Loses $1 Billion, Raises Layoffs to 30,000, Doubles Share Buybacks to $20 Billion by Wolf Richter • Jan 21, 2016 • 31 Comments A good swig of financial engineering to make the results go down better.
When “Story Stocks” Crash Like this, the Market is Kaput by Wolf Richter • Jan 14, 2016 • 38 Comments Suddenly reality mucks up the rosy scenario.
Hedge-Fund Dazzle Has Peaked, Record Closures Next by Wolf Richter • Jan 11, 2016 • 17 Comments This data “will be met with dismay by the hedge fund industry.”
IPOs Collapse, “Worst Year Since 2009,” Worst Dec. since 2008 by Wolf Richter • Dec 22, 2015 • 8 Comments Party over: “Pent-up supply” in a world with no demand.
Mother of all Shorts: How BlackRock Made a Killing from Spain’s Biggest Ever Corporate Meltdown by Don Quijones • Dec 21, 2015 • 8 Comments Hiring the former CEO and then shorting the shares.
How Junk-Bond Contagion Hits Stocks by Wolf Richter • Dec 13, 2015 • 7 Comments “It’s contained – until suddenly it isn’t.”
