OIL
The first shale-oil bankruptcy filing on Sunday was a private NOT public company, WBH Energy, Texas.
“While no energy company has defaulted on its bonds or other debt, CreditSights Inc. has identified about 25 at risk, because of small asset bases, high debt and low cash flow “
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What nobody is talking about is the possibility that there may be some “smart cookies” in the oil patch who HEDGE their risk via futures. This happened last year with oil at $100 when the media buzzed about an airline that was unscathed by higher gasoline prices [sorry I forget which airline]. The CEO shrugged his shoulders and said something like “Well, that is what our Risk Department is supposed to do.” Like it was no big deal; but it absolutely FLOORED the media and his peer CEOs who hadn’t thought of hedging !!!