Authored by Richard Murphy via Tax Research UK blog, The FT has reported this morning that: Debt at UK listed companies has soared to hit a record high of £390bn as companies have scrambled to maintain dividend payouts in response to shareholder …
In your honest opinion, do you think it’s ok that only a very few amount of stocks are keeping this market afloat? Globally, stocks look weak. But look closer. U.S. stocks are weak as well. Just 4 stocks have made …
The article cites several reasons and none of them seem likely to go away in the short term. https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/from-the-best-to-the-worst-torrid-q2-for-vietnam-stock-market-3771969.html Global tensions and investors selling stocks have seen Vietnamese exchanges swing from one extreme to the other. Vietnam’s stock market plunged …
by Michael Snyder We haven’t seen anything like this since the financial crisis of 2008. Investors are taking money out of global stock funds at a pace that we haven’t seen in 10 years, and many believe that this is …
If there is some sort of rescue of Deutsche Bank, will they do a bail-in, bailout, international bailout, IMF/World Bank, etc? The story continues for Deutsche Bank. Constantly sliding further down the hole as the real money moves out and …
Global stocks see biggest loss of investor cash since the financial crisis Investors pulled $12.4 billion from global stock-focused funds in June, the highest level since October 2008 amid the worst of the financial crisis. A slowing global economy is …
by David Haggith First I said I believed the US stock market would plunge in January, but I also said that January would not be the biggest drop, but just the first plunge that begins a global economic collapse: the big trouble for the economy and the …
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1011768375415107584 The US is overvalued and has yet to enter reality. Most of the rest of the world is in a bear market with negative gains. Have to love those stock buybacks. Brace yourselves. The one-month implied volatility of the …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqGBLZVTh10 There’s no substitute for technical indicators when analyzing the stock market. At the same time, observing social trends can also be useful, given that many of these trends correlate with the market. Here’s a case in point …
Their CEO is a big part of it Think of Domino’s before he got there in 2010. Very forgettable, slightly overpriced (pizza not stock). They: Changed the recipe, most say it tastes better Expanded the menu Became the first in …
by Graham Summers of Gains Pains & Capital If you need more evidence that the Fed screwed up during its latest FOMC meeting, take a look at the below chart. This chart shows the Dow Jones Industrial Average (a stock index comprised of …
by RobertLeeSwagger I noticed this pattern at first when I was looking at defense contractors. Each saw pretty steady growth between 2002 and 2012 the few that I listed below increased between 50% and 140% in those 10 years. However, …
By Harry Dent A few years ago, I wrote an issue for Boom & Bust outlining the biggest problems in the Eurozone after the QE-stimulated recovery that saved the banks and financial system from going under. The point made was that Italy …
by Dana Lyons The story in the stock market over the past week has been about the bears’ attempts to push prices down – and the bulls’ ability to prop them back up. As a matter of fact, in some ways, …
If Deutsche Bank stock price hits in the SINGLE digits on the US market, it will be game over. as of now it is below 11.00, $10.90 to be exact https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/db If $db price goes below $10 many funds have rules that …
from Zero Hedge A quick glance at the stock market – particularly big-tech – and once can quickly discern that “something’s up.” Every dip is met by a wall of buying, ramping the market ever higher, and ever more ignorant of …
via bnnbloomberg: Americans’ long-running joke about a Starbucks on every corner may be nearing its end. The coffee behemoth is retrenching in its home market as it contends with sales growth that Chief Executive Officer Kevin Johnson acknowledges isn’t fast enough. …
U.S. stock market has begun a divergence from investment grade spreads. The last time this happened was 20 years ago, 1998 Via @bullmarketsco https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1008686062309380096 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1008693978458480640 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1008659309071339523 h/t @VisualCap pic.twitter.com/XSagnkk3RF — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) June 18, 2018 China auto sales pic.twitter.com/Z8bqrSPXr4 …
by Charles Hugh-Smith Rising wedges tend to lead to declines, so ignore them. At long last, we have reached the Nirvana of consensus: the stock market is heading to new all-time highs. Even the perma-Bear camp seems to have accepted the …
via nakedcapitalism: I find it hard to get excited about stock market risks unless defaults on the borrowings can damage the banking/payments system, as they did in the Great Crash. This is one reason the China perma-bears have a point: even …
The mysterious volatility trader known as “50 Cent” appears to have made some new bets this week that the stock market will see turbulence over the summer. The trades match a growing sentiment across Wall Street that the stock market …
by elliottwave Financial legislation might mean something different than most investors believes it means A stock market warning has just developed for those who are bullish. Here’s what I’m talking about (CNBC, May 22): The House voted May 22 to pass …
Meanwhile, all the traditional metrics were being downplayed as no longer being relevant or important. If we need any proof of this occurring then just look at what happened when analysts started asking serious questions in his conference call. Tesla …
via Economica: In today’s highly manipulated and rigged markets, be very careful not to mistake market pricing as a reliable arbiter of underlying value or economic health. The tail does not wag the dog. In 1998, markets were rife with proclamations of …
Guest post by otalp Summary of Tesla’s situation: Tesla currently has 2.67 billion in cash. About 1.1 billion of this is in loans that need to be returned early next year Around 40% of their cash in hand is from …
What is your opinion about stock buybacks? Most investors welcome stock buybacks because they tend to push the price higher. Companies who sit on massive piles of cash have been buying up their own stocks, and we have seen the …
via Real Investment Advice: That’s a bold headline. And it’s true, unless “It’s all different this time.” Which it never has been, ever, in the history of the stock market. One of the great Achilles Heels of blind buy and …
The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn of the industrialized world, crippling the wealth of Americans throughout the 1930’s. How did it happen? Let’s find out with a 5 Minute History Lesson.
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter A study by the SEC of 385 recent share-buyback announcements — this is when companies announce how much money they will spend in the future on buying back their own shares, but before they actually begin buying them — found: Share-buyback …
via Advisor Perspectives: Warren Buffett’s favorite stock market valuation metric, when using the broadest measure of total stock market capitalization vs. the total value of US GDP, is at an all-time high. As in, as measured by the broadest, most-inclusive …