A comment on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed rule “Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization”, aka stock buybacks.
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Read more...More on how sanctions against Russia are boomeranging.
Read more...Yet another Biden hypocrisy: refusing to curb stock buybacks when he flagged it as an abuse when he was Vice President.
Read more...The EU taxonomy grossly simplifies a complex and dynamic world. It might help prevent green-washing but other tools are needed to guide green investment.
Read more...Private equity has been a big winner thanks to a long-term trend of falling interest rates. What happens in a less favorable environment?
Read more...Is the housing market about to hit a tipping point?
Read more...Sadly, finacialization is still very much with us, even though policy-makers know better by now.
Read more...Reduced shale investment is set to lead to sustained higher prices. That’s good for the planet but hard on budgets.
Read more...Mirabile dictu! More seriousness from the SEC!
Read more...CalPERS is trying to do something more obviously nonsensical than usual.
Read more...CalPERS got a bloody nose in court. Maybe the board will wise up and behave better in the future.
Read more...Buy High, Don’t Buy Low. Prices are sky-high and but company buybacks are red hot.
Read more...CalPERS, which has lagged nearly all other public pension funds’ performance, is doubling down on failure by resorting to leverage.
Read more...How endowments, the supposedly best and brightest fiduciaries, are destroying value.
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