– The Only Two Charts You Need to Understand the S&P 500 (Washington’s Blog, Dec 6, 2014):
As long as corporations continue borrowing money to buy back their own stocks and the yen keeps dropping, the SPX will continue lofting higher.
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The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either. – Benjamin Franklin
– The Only Two Charts You Need to Understand the S&P 500 (Washington’s Blog, Dec 6, 2014):
As long as corporations continue borrowing money to buy back their own stocks and the yen keeps dropping, the SPX will continue lofting higher.
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What happens after they buy back all the stock they can and there is no activity left for them? There is nobody investing in the US market. High frequency trades make up 90% of the market. A few individuals buy and sell huge amounts of securities in less time than it takes to blink an eye. Sell is the key word, hundreds of millions leave the US markets every week.
What happens when there is nobody to buy the securities back? That will be the end of the high frequency trades…..there will be no trades. Then, the market collapses……..