The New York Times dug deep and published an amazing investigative piece on the natural gas industry. The article examines the relationships between gas drillers and bankers as they created a boom.
The smart ones got in early and then cashed out early, leaving stockholders and others high and dry as over-drilling led to crashing prices.
The article devotes much ink to Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon and his frat-buddy turned high stakes banker Ralph Eads III.