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Stock Buybacks Peaked With Stock Market in 2007: History About to Repeat?

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Variant Perception has an interesting post out today on stock market buybacks: Pillars of Equity Rally Fall Away. Interestingly, the peak in buybacks was also the peak in the US stock market in 2007.) - Revenues are closely linked to nominal GDP, and our US leading indicator sees this as lacklustre at best going forward.

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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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Chinese Stocks Plunge 8.5%, Biggest Decline Since February 2007

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Shares on the Shanghai index plunged 8.48%, the Biggest One-Day Plunge Since February 2007. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. The CSI300 index of the largest listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen fell 8.6 percent, to 3,725.56

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Stocks More Overvalued Now Than 2000 and 2007 No Matter How You Look at Things

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CAPE is a valuation measure applied to stock market indexes. CAPE is not without its detractors and debates have raged over its usefulness recently, just as they do at every major market peak when investors find all sorts of silly reasons to presume "It's different this time". in October 2007 and even lower in March 2000.

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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. China China’s debt has quadrupled since 2007.

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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.