Why a NYMEX Veteran is Getting Nervous about Oil by Wolf Richter • Feb 12, 2017 • 46 Comments Being long oil is a very “crowded trade,” but who’s on the other side of that trade, and what do they know that speculators don’t?
Global Shipping Meltdown Mauls German Banks, Retail Investors, Taxpayers by Wolf Richter • Feb 10, 2017 • 21 Comments Germany holds 25% of global shipping loans as industry collapses.
World’s Largest Container Carrier “Unexpectedly” Has Big Loss in Crushed Industry. Now Trade War with China Looms by Wolf Richter • Feb 8, 2017 • 26 Comments It “would have a very negative effect on our business”: Maersk CEO
This Is How Out-Of-Whack US Trade Relationships Really Are by Wolf Richter • Feb 7, 2017 • 94 Comments After 25 years of apathy.
Condo Speculation Collapses in Miami-Dade’s Condo Glut by Wolf Richter • Jan 29, 2017 • 46 Comments Preconstruction condo flippers left twisting in the wind.
Dow Companies Report Worst Revenues since 2010, Dow Rises to 20,000 (LOL?) by Wolf Richter • Jan 29, 2017 • 46 Comments Wall Street hocus-pocus has done an awesome job.
Back Below “Stall Speed”: 2016 Economy Matches Worst Year since Great Recession by Wolf Richter • Jan 27, 2017 • 47 Comments Gutted Hopes for a Strong Finish.
Cisco Buys 45th Company in 5 Years, Revenues Still Stagnate by Wolf Richter • Jan 26, 2017 • 46 Comments Have Cisco’s Financial Engineers Gone Nuts?
Big Shrink to “Hire” 25,000 in the US, as Layoffs Pile Up by Wolf Richter • Jan 23, 2017 • 114 Comments IBM is in trouble and desperate hype is apparently required.
What Will Prick the “Leveraged Share Buyback” Craze? by Wolf Richter • Jan 20, 2017 • 34 Comments Fitch Gets Nervous.