I have mixed feelings about Prof. Lev’s theory- aren’t you just frontloading the cost of these intangibles into early years resulting in higher profits on books later, so it “all comes out in the wash?” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-06/what-s-a-stock-worth-in-new-economy-accounting-has-its-critics On paper, Autodesk Inc. is a …
Where we stand:– Q1 buybacks hit record high– Q1 corporate leverage hits record high https://t.co/ugsxHoDKAq pic.twitter.com/MOKvyRqCLM — zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 5, 2018 middle class — you get nothing — except, you get to watch assets that you do not own …
BY JOHN MAULDIN It’s time to address the elephant in the room: the high-yield bond market. That’s the polite name for “junk” bonds, issued by companies that can’t earn an investment-grade rating even from our famously lenient bond rating agencies. This is …
by howmuch Disruption is the new buzzword in business as both big and small companies are worried about scrappy startups with better technology entering their marketplaces. Our new visualization highlights the top three U.S. companies, measured in terms of overall revenue, …
by Sabremesh A timely reminder that 1984 didn’t get it quite right. The agencies of state snoop, and can find out everything about those it targets, but the surveillance panopticon is largely corporate, and this is probably what most of …
https://twitter.com/HenrikZeberg/status/1002555553388822528 Corporate debt to GDP is at its high point, all the while the underlying credit rating has continuously deteriorated. Another side affect of easy money. pic.twitter.com/f7vBGkVdiA — Michael Lebowitz, CFA (@michaellebowitz) May 31, 2018 dshort.com does some of the …
via Daily Reckoning: The extreme folly of making predictions about what will happen due to the Fed’s unprecedented interference in free markets can be summarized neatly; nobody knows because in all of recorded history there has never been a period …
by Jon Rappoport In several recent articles (all here under category: socialism), I’ve exposed the myth that socialism is a revolution of and for the people. I’ve presented evidence that socialism is actually a movement owned, operated, and funded by ultra-wealthy …
by WARREN MOSLER Spending was up, but unfortunately due to higher gas prices, which were paid for by further dipping into savings that were already far too low. So looks to me like q2 is off to a very uncertain …
by FS FS Insider recently interviewed Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, to discuss the bonanza in stock buybacks by US companies, why risks are brewing for emerging markets, and how we now see an inversion in the “private” …
by whatevawhatevvathroa Elon Musk to track reporters, media credibility… ‘Holier-than-thou hypocrisy’… Elon Musk has been shitting on Corporate Media today, says he’s going to create a site where the public can rate the core truth of any article & …
By Harry Dent Two big news items in the last 24 hours have grabbed my attention. The first is Congress’s approving a bill to roll back the Dodd-Frank Act. If this passes, smaller financial institutions will find relief from the …
via ECONOMIST Interest rates are heading higher, and that is likely to put financial markets under strain. Investors and regulators would both dearly love to know where the next crisis will come from. What is the most likely culprit? Financial crises …
via Intelligent Investing Mirror, mirror, on the wall: The markets look so beautiful, is there anything to worry about at all? Everything is great! Just look at how none of your earnings per share fall! This week I’ve been trying to …
That he’d try to block Haspel for torture is hysterical given his 2008 era views. And he’s a warmongering goofball, all of a sudden now that he’s going to kick the bucket people pretend he’s great.
by Disobedient Media Disobedient Media has consistently covered the work of The Forensicator over the last nine months. Our previous report focused on the first in a series of findings made by the analyst, which reveal intricate issues stemming from the Guccifer 2.0 …
by COMPUTER1313 https://www.economist.com/news/business-and-finance/21741377-corporate-debt-could-be-culprit-where-will-next-crisis-occur One sign that the credit quality of the market has been deteriorating is that, globally, the median bond’s rating has dropped steadily since 1980, from A- to BBB-. The corporate-bond market is divided into investment grade (debt with …
by John Ward Big Business across the world is engaged in the worst case of looting since the Visigoths picked Rome clean in 410 AD. Their senior managers are variously emptying employee pension funds, real shareholder value, private investment values, sovereign …
by Jesse I find it a disturbing trend that the corporate media continues to attack alternatives to their attempts to manufacture consent, lumping them all together as ‘extremists.’ That is a smear tactic, and it is being used to defend …
by Charles Hugh-Smith It’s self-evident that we cannot possibly understand trade, soaring corporate profits, Facebook’s data collection or the economy without understanding the core role played by Big Data in reaping outsized profits and pushing narratives. Let’s connect the dots …
by Jesse Pretty strong stuff in this video. Remember the ‘chair throwing’ incident at the Nevada convention that was widely reported? This may be the result of the concentration of the ownership of media and the overturning of the ‘fairness doctrine’ along …
by WARREN MOSLER Muddling through at depressed levels: Saudis set price. If they decide to hike as below, it will happen: OPEC’s new price hawk Saudi Arabia seeks oil as high as $100 Apr 18 (Reuters) — Top oil exporter …
Here’s a source showing that the average American citizen has no effect on the policies adopted by their country, whereas interest groups and the economic elite do. Page 10 is the most important. AC
via BBG Corporate America will beget the next wave of financial pain, or even recession, a growing choir of the world’s biggest money managers is warning. After years of borrowing for stock buybacks and company buyouts at extremely cheap …
Citigroup is collaborating with Corporate America and Silicon Valley to gut the Second Amendment American Marxists have long followed an axiom used by former President Obama’s first chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, who once intoned, “You never want a serious …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua6KHtSbFY4 Alex Jones breaks down anti-gun activist David Hogg’s refusal to debate his son Rex Jones about the Second Amendment, and Hogg’s alliance with corporate America to repeal it.
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Mortgage Debt Outstanding Surpasses 2008 Peak The quality of the corporate debt market has deteriorated substantially since the financial crisis Before Campbell Soup sold $5bn of debt this month to fund its purchase of US snack-food maker Snyder’s-Lance, its …
by howmuch President Trump has already started his reelection campaign for 2020 and he’s well on his way to raising a lot of money for the effort. Fortunately, candidates are required to publicly disclose campaign contributions to the Federal Election Commission, which in turn makes …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Investors are still blowing off the Fed. But not much longer. CVS Health Corp. sold $40 billion of bonds on Tuesday to help fund its $69 billion acquisition of Aetna, which is still pending regulatory review …