more data

Charles Brown CharlesB at CNCL.ci.detroit.mi.us
Tue Mar 16 06:10:53 PST 1999


Is this a paradox ? Does this confirm theses of _Wallstreet_ ?

Charles Brown


>>> Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> 03/15/99 05:56PM >>>
More data updates...

In 1998, U.S. nonfinancial firms retired $263 billion in equity (through takeovers & buybacks) and added $343 billion in debt. Since 1982, they've retired $1.1 trillion in equity and added $2.6 trillion in debt. This has been very good for stock prices!

Doug



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