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  • Hope for recovery, plan for downturn

    Surprisingly, our 7th European conference this week in Cologne (co-organised with ICIS), was one of our most successful. Delegate numbers were down, as companies cut travel budgets. But those attending said they had gained much more, than if they had stayed in the office. For a start, there was the opportunity...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-30-2008

  • US equities and crude oil follow each other

    An interesting note from PetroMatrix highlights the close linkage that has now developed between changes in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and WTI crude oil prices. The chart, showing market action on Thursday, makes the point very clearly. PetroMatrix's analysis suggests that "the correlation...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-18-2008

  • LyondellBasell debt downgraded, INEOS seeks waivers

    Current market conditions are causing problems for everyone in the chemical industry. But as the blog has long feared, they are particularly testing those companies with higher debt levels. On Friday, Moody's announced a downgrading of the Corporate Family Rating of Lyondell Basell Industries to...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-18-2008

  • The blog's forecasting record

    The blog's forecasting record is reviewed in ICIS Chemical Business this week . The blog's aim is to "highlight relevant information for the busy executive, and to provide relevant and actionable analysis of key issues". The article particularly notes the blog's willingness to challenge...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-12-2008

  • G-20 tries to support growth

    The G-20 was created in 1999, after the financial crises that had hit emerging countries from 1997 onwards. It includes the G7 group of major industrial companies, plus the main emerging economies, including the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China). Its ministerial meeting this weekend became...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-10-2008

  • The blog's first birthday

    Its now a year since the blog started. Since then, 213 postings have appeared. It is now read in 72 countries and 620 cities (shown above). Most encouragingly, readership continues to steadily increase. Since January, it has risen a further 301%. The blog's aim is to identify 'the influences...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-05-2008

  • Interesting analysis of credit crunch causes

    I thought the following Executive Summary of the causes of the credit crisis was hard to beat: 'Investment banks leapt into commercial banking without the deposit base, while commercial banks went into investment banking without knowing risk management, and this is where we end up,'' said...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-28-2008
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