Monthly Archives: February 2016

Oil on offer, everywhere

Trading machines are raging mindlessly off every rumor and headline, but in the real world the trend is clear: supply is continuing to swamp demand worldwide week after week. Gary Shilling offers a detailed review of producers this month in … Continue reading

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Commodity currency bottom: are we there yet?

Today as North American government bonds spike higher, volatility is roaring and stock and commodity prices are writhing through another day of violent convulsions. Oil has been down, up and all around, taking the world’s commodity currencies strongly higher on … Continue reading

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Bank crisis coming round again (as thinking people knew it would)

This clip offers a good summary of the myriad of pressures hitting global bank revenues and balance sheets today. QE programs between 2009-14, helped to paper over problems long enough for banks to enable more bad debt and reckless risk … Continue reading

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