more data

[Doug Henwood]

It confirms the thesis that the stock market doesn't have a lot to do with
financing capital expenditures, that's for sure. It also goes a long way
towards explaining the bull market, at least its most recent phase:
corporate America is speculating in its own stock on margin.

Doug

Charles Brown wrote:
>Is this a paradox ?  Does this confirm theses of _Wallstreet_ ?
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>Charles Brown
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>>>> Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> 03/15/99 05:56PM >>>
>More data updates...
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>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!