Monthly Archives: December 2015

After the debt rush: oil tsunami swamping unprepared

Very few saw it coming, but today everyone knows what happened to oil prices over the past year.  This graphic from the Wall Street Journal captures the relentless price tsunami which has been hammering so many investors, companies and countries … Continue reading

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Earnings recession spreads as buyback well dries up

The number of companies with the worst credit ratings and most negative outlooks jumped to 195 in December. Thirty-four of them were in the oil and gas sector, but 33 were financial companies, underlining the close nexus between energy and … Continue reading

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The world is going electric–because it’s better

Great article reminding us of the real reason the world is moving to stored electric power increasingly generated by a host of renewable energies–because it’s just far better: “From cars to scooters to boats to locomotives to industrial equipment, we … Continue reading

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