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12 Signs That An Imminent Global Financial Crash Has Become Even More Likely
Did you see what just happened? The devaluation of the yuan by China triggered the largest one day drop for that currency in the modern era. This caused other global currencies to crash relative to the U.S. dollar, the price of oil hit a six year low, and stock markets all over the world were … Continue reading
Why The Price Of Oil Is More Likely To Fall To 20 Rather Than Rise To 80 – OpEd
This is just the beginning of the oil crisis. By Michael Snyder Over the past couple of weeks, the price of U.S. oil has rallied back above 50 dollars a barrel. In fact, as I write this, it is sitting at $52.93. But this rally will not last. In fact, analysts at the big banks … Continue reading
It Is About To Get Ugly: Oil Is Crashing And So Is Greece – OpEd
By Michael Snyder The price of oil collapsed by more than 8 percent on Wednesday, and a decision by the European Central Bank has Greece at the precipice of a complete and total financial meltdown. What a difference 24 hours can make. On Tuesday, things really seemed like they were actually starting to get better. … Continue reading
Why The Damage To The Economy Caused By The Oil Crash Is Going To Get Progressively Worse – OpEd
By Michael Snyder We are really starting to see the price of oil weigh very heavily on the economy and on the stock market. On Tuesday, the Dow was down 291 points, and the primary reason for the decline was disappointing corporate sales numbers. For example, heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar is blaming the “dramatic decline … Continue reading
12 Signs That The Economy Is Really Starting To Bleed Oil Patch Jobs – OpEd
By Michael Snyder The gravy train is over for oil workers. All over North America, people that felt very secure about their jobs just a few weeks ago are now getting pink slips. There are even some people that I know personally that this has happened to. The economy is really starting to bleed oil patch … Continue reading
Boom Goes The Dynamite: The Crashing Price Of Oil Is Going To Rip The Global Economy To Shreds – OpEd
By Michael Snyder If you were waiting for a “black swan event” to come along and devastate the global economy, you don’t have to wait any longer. As I write this, the price of U.S. oil is sitting at $45.76 a barrel. It has fallen by more than 60 dollars a barrel since June. There … Continue reading
The Price of Oil in 2015
By Jim O’Neill LONDON – In late 1979, I began work on my PhD thesis, an empirical investigation of the OPEC surplus and its disposal. It was the end of a decade in which oil prices had undergone two dramatic increases, and most of the various geniuses of the day were confidently predicting that they would … Continue reading
Oil Falls Below 50 As Global Financial Markets Begin To Unravel – OpEd
By Michael Snyder On Monday, the price of oil fell below $50 for the first time since April 2009, and the Dow dropped 331 points. Meanwhile, the stock market declines over in Europe were even larger on a percentage basis, and the euro sank to a fresh nine year low on concerns that the anti-austerity … Continue reading
Anyone That Believes That Collapsing Oil Prices Are Good For The Economy Is Crazy
By Michael Snyder Are much lower oil prices good news for the U.S. economy? Only if you like collapsing capital expenditures, rising unemployment and a potential financial implosion on Wall Street. Yes, lower gasoline prices are good news for the middle class. I certainly would rather pay two dollars for a gallon of gas than … Continue reading
Plummeting Oil Prices Could Destroy The Banks That Are Holding Trillions In Commodity Derivatives
By Michael Snyder Could rapidly falling oil prices trigger a nightmare scenario for the commodity derivatives market? The big Wall Street banks did not expect plunging home prices to cause a mortgage-backed securities implosion back in 2008, and their models did not anticipate a decline in the price of oil by more than 40 dollars … Continue reading
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