Monthly Archives: June 2018

As OPEC ministers agreed to increase oil production again last week, a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change this month, shows that plunging renewable energy prices and rapidly increasing investment in low-carbon technologies could leave fossil fuel … Continue reading →

As the safest deposit and bond yields fell since the 2008 recession, people who could not afford/did not want capital losses migrated–willfully blind/desperate/greedily–into yield-reaching harm’s way.  One popular area has been ‘syndicated mortgages’ where borrowers find private lenders to loan … Continue reading →

China’s Shanghai stock index closed last week down 4% and nearly 19% since January 26 even as the government continues with a barrage of ongoing confidence suasion efforts,  see Beijing paddles as bear market threatens: The so-called “national team,” an … Continue reading →