“Share-buyback announcements led to ‘abnormal returns’ in the share price over the next 30 days. Executives used this share price surge to cash out.”
“This massive insider-selling confirms the recent warning from the SEC Commissioner about insiders selling stocks into their company’s buyback programs.”
Read more: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-12/fang-insiders-selling-their-stocks-faster-any-time-history
“What many of the harder-hit Sifi banks have in common, said Mr Harnett, was a heavy dependence on US-dollar funding, putting them at risk of a squeeze if US rates continue to rise and the dollar continues to strengthen.”
Read more: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-14/some-most-systemically-important-banks-world-are-tumbling
“The collapse of the peso comes despite an endless series of measures to halt it.”
“The flattening curve pointed to a deep pessimism among bond investors who see the economy fading away its short-term boost from fiscal stimulus and tax cuts.”
“An inverted yield curve has been a great tool to predict U.S. recessions, with the yield spread between three-month bills and 10-year notes falling below zero before each of the past seven slowdowns. But it doesn’t usually happen immediately. That means a recession could come in late 2019, in 2020, or even later. That probably doesn’t come as a surprise to most investors after one of the longest economic expansions in history.”
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-06-13/fed-decision-an-inverted-yield-curve-is-imminent
“Beinner highlights the increase of global debt, now upwards of $237 trillion and the way the debt has been dispersed as risks to the economy. Rather than banks holding most of the debt as it happened in the financial crisis, this time it’s hedge funds, private equity and investment managers holding most of it. Also worrisome, he says, ratings agencies are again being overly generous with their appraisals allowing for companies with very high debt levels to gain investment-grade ratings.”
Read more: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fund-managers-say-see-next-economic-crash-looming-144251620.html
“It’s truly astonishing that someone so dangerous and out of touch has been able to rise to power. And even more astonishing how quickly it’s happened.”
“Unfortunately, a very strong faction in Washington doesn’t support any peace agreement and instead seeks to overthrow the DPRK government.”
Read more: https://original.antiwar.com/Reese_Erlich/2018/06/12/a-deal-with-north-korea-dont-blow-it-this-time/
“There are now over 10,000 migrant children in government custody in 100 U.S. shelters in 14 states. All 10,000 of these children have been forcibly separated from their parents.”
