…a cash reserve of over $149 billion—a record high for the company. In fact, their largest investment in the quarter was in itself; they bought back $7.6 billion of its…
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Inflation Means Bigger Profits For Some American Companies
…These companies are seizing the opportunity to raise prices to match the rising costs—and consumers, ripe with savings and federal stimulus checks, are paying them. The profits tend to be…
Millennials Will Drive Up Housing Costs For Years
…the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. They also received $380 million in federal stimulus, and discovered investing (51% of new pandemic-era investors are millennials). In short, millennials have wealth, and…
Dividends & Buybacks Are Picking Up At Last
…a small ($25 billion) buyback. The ongoing threat to buybacks is Congress, with Democrats looking to tax them more heavily in order to fund federal spending plans, the article concludes….
Eighteen Financial Terms That Define Our Time
…markets. Many of the other terms we’ll talk about are derivative effects from the GFC. Quantitative Easing (QE): Quantitative easing is a tactic used by the Federal Reserve to help…