2022’s second quarter saw a record high for global dividends, after payouts that were delayed by the pandemic rebounded, reports an article in Barron’s. According to the most recent version…
Day: September 7, 2022
Kashkari “Happy” About Market Reaction To Jackson Hole Speech
Minneapolis Fed President Neil Kashkari told Bloomberg that he was “happy to see” the reaction to Jerome Powell’s speech at the Fed’s annual retreat in Jackson Hole, in an interview…
Grantham Warns Bubble Hasn’t Burst Yet
The famously bearish Jeremy Grantham warns that the stock “super bubble” that he’s previously spoken about “has yet to burst” and that when it does it will be an “epic…
Stop Bashing Buybacks
An opinion piece in the Financial Times contends that the focus on stock buybacks in the Inflation Reduction Act, which imposes a 1% excise tax on share repurchases, indicates a…
Companies Haven’t Paid Dividends Since 2020
Out of the almost 190 companies that stopped paying dividends to their shareholders in 2020, at the height of the pandemic, 72 have yet to start paying them again, including…
Powell Abandons Soft Landing
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has abandoned his goal of a “soft landing” and is engineering something that could be much more difficult for the economy, according to an article…