Overall buyback growth in 2018 way higher than Capex growth.
Most S&P 500 firms repurchase some shares though 10 firms made up 31% of all buybacks in 2018, Goldman has calculated. Apple has spent $74bn on share buybacks, 2.5 times
overall
This feels like a much better proxy for overall American mood than the nominal indices.
FWIW – This feels like a much better proxy for overall American mood than the nominal indices. pic.twitter.com/ZEFi1AzvDB — Peter Atwater (@Peter_Atwater) January 4, 2019 S&P liquidity has been trash
Profit margins historically high…resulting in overall market PE ratios being misleading?
Guest post by thinkofanamefast Market profit margin ratios are around 10% vs perhaps 7% historically. Combined with PEs being high (although Birnyi associates has 17 for 1 year forward (not
Guess Which President Won CPJ’s 2017 ‘Overall Achievement in Undermining Global Press Freedom’
by Chris Black I must start this piece with a statement: liberalism (as in neo-comunism re-branded) is a mental disorder. Now, let’s see about today’s news. There is an organization
2017 US Auto sales declined by 1.8%. It was the first overall decline since the Financial Crisis
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Tesla gets crushed by the big boys. Total new-vehicle sales in the US fell 5.2% year-over-year in December to 1.6 million units. For all of 2017,