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Companies' Stock Buybacks at Biggest Pace Since 2007; Companies Rewarding Investors?

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In yet another sign of market over-exuberance, the Wall Street Journal reports Share Repurchases Are at Fastest Clip Since Financial Crisis. billion of stock in the first half of the year, the most for any six-month period since 2007, according to research firm Birinyi Associates. Corporations bought back $338.3

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Hilarious Transcripts of Fed Minutes from 2008 Reveal Completely Clueless Fed

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Here is a list of FOMC Transcripts and Other Historical Materials, 2008 Notes I purposely cherry picked statements of various Fed governors. Amazingly, Bernanke spoke of pent-up demand for housing in January of 2008 The January 29-30 transcript was a whopping 194 pages long. I didn’t quite get that.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: China Acts to Calm Markets.

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Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. China Acts to Calm Markets; Stock Market Rebounds From 6% Plunge After Central Bank Pledges More Liquidity; Wet Nurse Action. With rates spiking, global stock markets plunged.

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Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation?

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Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation? Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts. Featured Links. Automatic Earth. Bay Area Real Estate Trends.

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Seven Years Later, Global Debt Keeps Piling Up, $57 Trillion More Than 2007

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In fact, rather than reducing indebtedness, or deleveraging, all major economies today have higher levels of borrowing relative to GDP than they did in 2007. Since 2007, government debt has grown by $25 trillion. These countries want to avoid property-related debt crises like those of 2008.

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An Analysis of July Employment Numbers 1955 to 2013

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Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. An Analysis of July Employment Numbers 1955 to 2013; Full-Time Employment Down Over 5 Million Since 2007. million below the 2007 level. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts. Featured Links.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Former ECB Chief.

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Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Mish and Eric King discuss Gold, the Stock Market, the US Dollar, Sideline Cash, China, and US real estate. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78). October 2008 (108).