Daily Archives: January 12, 2015

Oil whacks S&P earnings in 9 out of 10 sectors

Surprise, surprise…right when 100% of the sell side analysts were predicting record profit levels in 2015: “Forecasts for first-quarter profits in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index have fallen by 6.4 percentage points from three months ago, the biggest decrease … Continue reading

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The trouble with oil

With West Texas Crude under $47 this morning (West Cdn Select around $35), we must keep in mind the $10 to $40 range (green band below) where oil prices traded before the consumer credit bubble billowed them to anomalous heights … Continue reading

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