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"More than Half of All Stock Buybacks are Now Financed by Debt. Here’s Why That’s a Problem
The era of cheap borrowing is fostering corporate America’s favorite investor-pleasing activity: Share buybacks.

Indeed, more than half of all buybacks are now funded by debt. And while there's an argument that repurchases benefit share prices and investors, at least in the short run, it's questionable whether highly indebted companies should be doing this. Sort of like mortgaging your house to the hilt, then using it to throw a lavish party."
https://fortune.com/2019/08/20/stock-buybacks-debt-financed/
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Are Dangerous for the Economy.

"Whether it is corporate debt or government debt that funds additional buybacks, it is the underlying problem of the corporate obsession with stock-price performance that makes U.S. households more vulnerable to the boom-and-bust economy. Debt-financed buybacks reinforce financial fragility. But it is stock buybacks, however funded, that undermine the quest for equitable and stable economic growth. Buybacks done as open-market repurchases should be banned."
https://hbr.org/2020/01/why-stock-buybacks-are-dangerous-for-the-economy
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yes, TLF thanks for confirming that...i have answered the question. Tax cuts have compounded the problem and US will never escape the "Boom 'n Bust" cycle...

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like i stated you need to do some research...

companies spent repurchasing their own shares had risen 10.4% annually , lots of these companies used debt to do this. Buybacks are not all about Lloy and profits,
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think you need to do more research on the surge in "buybacks"....

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Many US corporate's doing / planning buybacks...
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Yes i seen that....interesting...

Parcels...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55752541
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rate continues to rise.
The UK's unemployment rate rose to 5% in the three months to November, up from 4.9%, as coronavirus continued to hit the jobs market.

Some 1.72 million were out of work, the Office for National Statistics said, the highest level in five years.

That was 418,000 more than in the same period the previous year, the biggest increase since late 2009.

The hospitality industry was worst hit by the rise in joblessness, followed by manufacturing.

In both sectors, the number of people unemployed was up by more than 50,000 on the previous year.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55808052
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U.K. Businesses Teetering in Lockdown.....
he UK’s third major lockdown to control the coronavirus could be the final straw for thousands of businesses struggling to pay rent and taxes with little or no money coming in the door
https://twitter.com/economics/status/1353800673566068736
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Holllybean, if crypto, digital banking can be brought forward 10 -15yrs, vaccines at break neck speed, Electric cars and the production lines can be fast tracked then something tell me a Drone is not going to be a problem also Elon is showing us all how to expand in space. only a matter of time before that is bastardised & weaponised....

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some see airlines as an opportunity, even the airlines are preparing for take off, forgive the pun.
Personally i wouldn't be surprised if it's delayed.....

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Tanks...hmm, why when an electric drone can do the job....

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US airlines already recalling pilots and cabin crew...
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BP announced a big reduction in exploration team, also Shell buying out electric charging stations....
Even some banks are turning the backs on oil....SUFCESSEX has a point....

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Government set to announce £1,500 hotel quarantine policy for arrivals tomorrow..
https://www.cityam.com/govt-to-announce-1500-enforced-hotel-quarantine-policy-on-tuesday/

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SHORTS, nothing new and when a company is targeted it's game on. Just the way it works.
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Rosewall, ye...
https://www.hillebrand.com/media/publication/where-are-all-the-containers-the-global-shortage-explained

explains why costs have gone up....
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""A care worker mate who had the Oxford AZ vaccine recently has mentioned, but not complained, that he has had an erection for three days. ""

Can't see this being welcome on E wing....!
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"The euro zone’s economic recovery has simply been delayed, not delayed by fresh anti-pandemic restrictions and uncertainty surrounding vaccinations, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Monday.“The journey seems to be a little bit delayed but should not be derailed,” Lagarde said."https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ecb-policy-idUSKBN29U1WK?taid=600ef924c8ffe70001f65bd3&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitterpopcorn anyone.....DYOR

A global shortage of shipping containers that’s sent ocean freight rates skyrocketing is showing signs of easing....

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