PRICE MANIPULATION in our FAKE ECONOMY
AT:
“Making it, and
keeping it, are two different things.“
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As shown below, through the second quarter of this year, reported EPS, which includes “all the bad stuff,” actually declined in the latest quarter and
has remained virtually unchanged since 2014. (But, even that is an
illusion as shares have been aggressively bought back in order to sustain that
same level of EPS.)
Big image at: http://realinvestmentadvice.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/SP500-ShareBuybacks-ReportedEPS-101217.png
The difference between reported earnings with and without
the benefit of share repurchases is substantial. The chart below shows the net
difference between gross reported earnings with and without the buyback impact. Importantly, the net effect of buybacks is having less
impact which, as was the case in 2007, was a precursor to the crash.
Big image at: http://realinvestmentadvice.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Reported-Earnings-W-WO-Buybacks-101217.png
Ralph Nader
just recently did an in-depth expose on the problems with share repurchases. To wit:
“The monster of economic waste—over $7 trillion of dictated stock
buybacks since 2003 by the self-enriching CEOs of large
corporations—started with a little-noticed change in 1982 by the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) under President Ronald Reagan. That was when SEC Chairman John Shad, a
former Wall Street CEO, redefined unlawful
‘stock manipulation’ to exclude stock buybacks.”
Yep, stock buybacks used to be considered stock
manipulation, yet today, it is widely accepted by investors as “just the right measure to boost earnings in
the ongoing “beat the estimate” game.
As Ralph Nader points
out – there
is a problem.
“The stock buyback mania was
unleashed. Its core was not to benefit shareholders
(other than perhaps hedge fund speculators) by
improving the earnings per share ratio. Its
real motivation was to increase CEO pay no matter how badly such burning out of
shareholder dollars hurt the company, its workers and the overall pace of
economic growth.“
The bottom line is
that while
companies take trillions of dollars and buyback shares, it only benefits the
executives of the company at the expense of both workers and,
ultimately, shareholders as
companies with excessive stock buybacks experience a declining market value.
Get its related
important image at: http://realinvestmentadvice.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Wages-Profits-Ratio-101217.png
[ SIN DUDA: serán las
contradicciones internas dentro del modelo neoliberal lo que va a hacer
estallar todo el sistema. Si hay WW3, este proceso se acelerarÃa rápido: los de
abajo cortarÃan la cabeza de los de arriba.. Y no van a usar guillotina .. los
van a cazar como conejos ] Vea la distancia entre uno vs el otro sector de
la oligocracia: No se pierda la imagen de arriba!
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Check the VIDEO with Ralph
Nader: The interview
is worth watching, and read the article, and think about
it.
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OPEN the source of this ART:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-13/weekend-reading-7-trillion-manipulate-prices
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HERE THE READINGS for
this weekend:
Trump, Economy & Fed
- 5-Reasons Trump Will & Won’t Fire Yellen by Caroline Baum via MarketWatch
- Economic Growth Really Matters by Simon Constable via Forbes
- Market’s Got It All Wrong by James Rickards via Daily Reckoning
- Richard Thaler: Nobel Winner by Binyamin Appelbaum via NYT
- Trump Finally Learns What SALT Is by Tyler Durden via Zero Hedge
- Link Between Tax Cuts & Growth Is Tenuous by Kate Davidson via WSJ
- Trump Tax Plan An Atrocity by Larry Summers via The Washington Post
- Deja Voodoo by Joseph Stiglitz via Project Syndicate
- Why Tax Cuts Won’t Create Jobs by Marcus Ryu via NYT
- Cohn & Mnuchin Risk Their Reputations by David Leonhardt via NYT
- The GOP Has No Budget Plan by James Capretta via Real Clear Policy
- The Long Road Ahead To Tax Reform by Betsy McCaughey via NY Post
- 3-Scenarios For The Global Economy by Nouriel Roubini via Project Syndicate
- Unemployment Drop Had Nothing To Do With Harvey by John Crudele via New York Post
- Detail On Who Pays What In Taxes via RIA
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Markets
- Bear Market Closer With Each New High by Michael Sincere via MarketWatch
- JFK Sr. Used This Trick To Spot Market Bubbles by Jody Chudley via Daily Reckoning
- What If High Stock Value Revert? by Haghani & White via Bloomberg
- Putting Risk On A Budget by Patrick Nolan, CFA via BlackRock
- Is This The Melt-Up Before The Melt-Down by Mark DeCambre via MarketWatch
- The Are No Bears Left…Not One by Kevin Muir via The Macro Tourist
- The Permian Boom Is Coming To An End by Nick Cunningham via OilPrice.com
- The Hysteria Of An Overbought Market by Michael Kahn via Barron’s
- Newsletter Challenges Us To Re-Examine Investing by Mark Hulbert via MarketWatch
- The Many Virtues Of Simplicity by David Merkel via Aleph Blog
- Maximum Optimism Should Have You Worried by Joe Calhoun via Alhambra Partners
- Kass: Probability Of A Flash Crash Grows Exponentially by Tyler Durden via ZeroHedge
- What NOT To Buy In Today’s Market by Vitaliy Katsenelson via RIA
- The Dangers Of “Get It While You Can” Mentality by Doug Kass via RIA
- Working Off The Froth by Liz Ann Sonders via Charles Schwab
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Research /
Interesting Reads
- Is Bridgewater A Fraud? by Tyler Durden via Zero Hedge
- The Economist Who Realized How Crazy We Are by Michael Lewis via Bloomberg
- 4-Fundamental Skills Of All Investing by Morgan Housel via Collaborative Fund
- Risk: Preparing Clients For An Uncertain Journey by Shane Shepherd via Research Affiliates
- It Doesn’t Pay To Chase Returns by Jason Zweig via The Intelligent Investor
- Your Pension Is A Lie! by John Mauldin via Mauldin Economics
- Nobody Knows What Will Happen by Geisinger & Dittli via Finanz Und Wirtschaft
- NO! Valuations Are NOT Justified By Low Rates by John Hussman via Hussman Funds
- Can Stocks Avoid Unlucky (Year) 7 by Dana Lyons via The Lyons Share
- Popularity Of “Passive” Preludes Pleasant Outcome by Jesse Felder via The Felder Report
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