Corporate debt crisis imminent? 60% of corporate debt issued by companies in the Russell 2000 is rated as Junk; Since 2009, corporate America has bought back $4 trillion of its own shares and doled out $3 trillion to shareholders in dividends.

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— M/I_Investments (@MI_Investments) August 23, 2018

via Bloomberg:

“Since March 2009, corporate America has bought back $4 trillion of its own shares and doled out $3 trillion to shareholders in dividends. That’s equivalent to about a third of the total value that U.S. stocks have added over the same period”

Debt, debt, debt….. pic.twitter.com/VdKdMSqRSO

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"U.S. corporations are loaded with risky debt, making them vulnerable to higher interest costs."t.co/w5TgYdSJt2 pic.twitter.com/x2lyRXU8Oy

— M/I_Investments (@MI_Investments) August 23, 2018

This is a fascinating chart – study where we were at both prior bubble peaks pic.twitter.com/8yfFIqipIY

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