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Stock buyback fraud

The Buyback Bubble is now official!

By John Schroy, on May 16th, 2007 | Leave a comment
An equity market in disequilibrium can suddenly come tumbling down.

The Federal Reserve flow of funds accounts have signaled that there is a massive disequilibrium in the US equity market for over a year. Most investors will pass through these days of madness, hardly appreciating the spectacle that surrounds them.

However, I will step into the breach and make an unsolicited public service announcement:

“The Great Buyback Bubble is now official! Look around you and behold!”

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