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Activist investors: What are they, what tactics do they use and how do you stop them?

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– Activist investors: What are they, what tactics do they use and how do you stop them?:

In short, an activist investor is a person, or group of people, who buys up a chunk of a company’s shares in the hope of changing something at that business, such as its structure or its decisions.

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H/t reader squodgy:

“Greed by any other name….is still greed.

A new trendy epithet to hide behind, but in reality it is High Risk, Quick return investment.

It just gets worse.”

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Hertz Plunges 14% After Reporting Abysmal Earnings

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– Hertz Plunges 14% After Reporting Abysmal Earnings:

Hertz stock plunged after hours after the car rental company missed first-quarter expectations, when it reported abysmal Q1 earnings. HTZ reported a Q1 net loss from continuing operations of $223 million, or $2.69 a share, including $30 million of impairment charges, a loss over four times greater compared to the $52 million it lost in Q1 of 2016.

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Former Reagan Administration Official Is Warning Of A Financial Collapse Some Time ‘Between August And November’

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– Former Reagan Administration Official Is Warning Of A Financial Collapse Some Time ‘Between August And November’:

If a former Reagan administration official is correct, we are likely to see the next major financial collapse by the end of 2017.  According to Wikipedia, David Stockman “is an author, former businessman and U.S. politician who served as a Republican U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan (1977–1981) and as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1981–1985) under President Ronald Reagan.”  He has been frequently interviewed by mainstream news outlets such as CNBC, Bloomberg and PBS, and he is a highly respected voice in the financial community.  Like other analysts, Stockman believes that the U.S. economy is in dire shape, and he told Greg Hunter during a recent interview that he is convinced that the S&P 500 could soon crash “by 40% or even more”…

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Swiss National Bank Revealed As “Mystery” Buyer, Was Quietly Buying Everything In Sight….

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– “Mystery” Central Bank Buyer Revealed, Goes On Q1 Buying Spree:

While traders and investors were struck by the perplexing price action in the market in the first few months of the year, where on one hand institutions were dumping stocks at a near-record pace even as the S&P was making fresh all time highs, one central bank was quietly buying everything in sight….

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Tech Stocks Experience Their Longest Losing Streak In 5 Years As Panic Begins To Grip The Market

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– Tech Stocks Experience Their Longest Losing Streak In 5 Years As Panic Begins To Grip The Market:

S&P 500 tech stocks have now fallen for 9 days in a row.  The last time tech stocks declined for so many days in a row was in 2012, and that was the only other time in history when we have seen such a long losing streak.  As I have stated before, the post-election “Trump rally” is officially done, and the market is starting to roll over as investors begin to realize that all of the buying momentum has completely evaporated.  Tech stocks tend to be particularly volatile, and so the fact that they are starting to lead the way down should definitely be alarming to many in the investing community.

Of course it isn’t just tech stocks that are falling.  The Dow was down another 59 points on Wednesday, and the S&P 500 has closed beneath its 50 day moving average for the very first time since the election.  For those that have been waiting for a key technical signal before getting out of the market, there is one for you.

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Fed’s Kashkari Responds To Zero Hedge: “A Market Drop Is Unlikely To Trigger A Crisis”

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– Fed’s Kashkari Responds To Zero Hedge: “A Market Drop Is Unlikely To Trigger A Crisis”:

“Don’t care about stock market fall itself. Care abt potential financial instability. Stock market drop unlikely to trigger crisis.”

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The Second Dumbest Kind Of Money Is Pouring Into Stocks — “With A Vengeance”

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– The Second Dumbest Kind Of Money Is Pouring Into Stocks — “With A Vengeance”:

One of the traditional signs of market tops is individual investors finally succumbing to the lure of apparently easy money and pouring their savings into the stock market. In the past this dumb money flowed into equity mutual funds in general. But today it’s favoring exchange traded funds (ETFs) that, rather than trying to pick winners, simply offer exposure to sectors or broad market indexes.

ETFs Race to Fastest Yearly Start Ever Based on Inflows

(Wall Street Journal) – Investors poured $62.9 billion into exchange-traded funds in February, pushing the year-to-date world-wide tally to $124 billion, the fastest start of any year in the history of the ETF industry, according to data from BlackRock Inc.

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Dr. Doom (Marc Faber) Warns Of Stock Market Selloff ‘Avalanche’

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– Dr. Doom warns of stock market selloff ‘avalanche’ :

Marc Faber, known as ‘Dr. Doom’ for his pessimistic views of equity markets, has warned investors that US stocks are vulnerable to a seismic selloff, which could start any moment.

The Swiss investor doesn’t expect the rally’s disruption to be evoked by any catalyst, as the markets are overbought and sentiment is way too bullish for the so-called Trump rally to continue.

“Very simply, the market starts to go down. As it goes down, it will start triggering selling, and then it will be like an avalanche. I would underweight US stocks,” Faber said in an interview with CNBC.

This bearish forecast is not tied to President Donald Trump, according to Faber.

Read moreDr. Doom (Marc Faber) Warns Of Stock Market Selloff ‘Avalanche’

Trader: “The Next Market Phase May Be Dominated By Genuine Disappointment”

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– Trader: “The Next Market Phase May Be Dominated By Genuine Disappointment”

“U.S. equities make records weekly but the next stage is surely going to be de-risking and deleveraging, meaning a correction is likely. When it comes to financial markets trading the promises of the then-incoming U.S. administration, the end of 2016 was dominated by unrealistic hopes. The next phase may be dominated by genuine disappointment upon realizing the future is at the pessimistic extreme of the potential spectrum.”

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S&P 500 Earnings Stuck at 2011 Levels, Stocks up 87% Since

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And what could possibly go wrong?

– S&P 500 Earnings Stuck at 2011 Levels, Stocks up 87% Since

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H/t reader squodgy:

“Of course, he’s right. We all know it, we’ve watched the manipulations.
We’ve seen the Shipping Activity Index (BDI) sat in the gutter.
We’ve seen Caterpillar report 5 consecutive years of continuous order book drops.
We’ve watched the food stamps grow to one third of the population.

All these show total disconnect from Wall St & the Fed bullshit manipulation
Stocks prices continuously rise as a result of false purchases by the banks and buy backs by the Companies…..but activity, earnings and returns are rubbish.

Now the truth outs. We are slap bang in a depression & Trump has been set up to take the fall for it.

Yet, being an astute businessman, he knew all this already, and his crowing is equally false. He knew he was going to be the scape goat.”

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Bank Stocks, Dollar, & Yields Surge After Yellen Warns “Waiting Too Long To Hike Is Unwise” – Speech Highlights And Live Feed

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– Bank Stocks, Dollar, & Yields Surge After Yellen Warns “Waiting Too Long To Hike Is Unwise” – Speech Highlights And Live Feed

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Machete-Wielding Man Shot At Paris Louvre After Attacking Soldier, Shouting “Allahu Akbar”

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– Machete-Wielding Man Shot At Paris Louvre After Attacking Soldier, Shouting “Allahu Akbar”:

The Louvre museum in Paris has been cordoned off after a French soldier shot a man wielding a machete as he tried to force himself into a shopping mall at Paris’s Louvre museum in what looked like a terrorist attack. The man shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest) and attacked another soldier before being shot near the museum’s shopping mall,

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Trump’s Latest Fan: Buffett Bought $12 Billion In Stocks Since The Election

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– Trump’s Latest Fan: Buffett Bought $12 Billion In Stocks Since The Election:

Count one of Hillary Clinton’s biggest financial backers, billionaire Warren Buffet, among the biggest fans of the “Trump rally.”

In an interview with Charlie Rose recorded on Friday, Warren Buffett said that since the election day, Berkshire Hathaway bought $12 billion in stock. This was a change in strategy for Buffett, who as it turns out was a net seller in the first nine days of the month, when Hillary seemed like a guaranteed winner in the November election, one which Buffett was selling into.

“We’ve, net, bought $12 billion of common stocks since the election,” he said in an interview with Charlie Rose that aired on Friday. Buffett didn’t identify the securities that he picked. As of Sept. 30, Berkshire had an equity portfolio valued at $102.5 billion.

Read moreTrump’s Latest Fan: Buffett Bought $12 Billion In Stocks Since The Election