Nothing but spin. No analysis of the quality of those "new jobs".
Same old.
I'm not sure, but I think this is not true
Maserati wrote:
Meanwhile, buybacks continue at an accelerated rate, to support executives receiving stock and options as compensation.
well ok but I was questioning M's claim that buybacks were 'accelerating'
Ghost of Igloi wrote:
From S&P, the actual data in regards to share count:
Q4 2015
Issues with diluted share counts for Q4 2015 and Q4 2014 EPS (full reporting lags the releases) -> Therefore adding at least a 4% tailwind to their current EPS
Companies 480 out of S&P 500
Q4,'15 lower shares than Q3,'14: 330 companies or 68.75%
"on our way to an 8th quarter of at least 20% doing share count reduction"
Somebody emailed me something saying that according to "TrimTabs Investment Research", when new jobs are measured by the yardstick of withholding taxes, the actual number is only 55,000-85,000 jobs in February, less than half of the official estimate.
Maserati wrote:
Nothing but spin. No analysis of the quality of those "new jobs".
Same old.
That's pretty much true of anything related to the market. One article points to a bull market, another to a bear market. There is always an opposing viewpoint.
Maserati wrote:
I don't put very much stock in numbers like these, you can twist them any which way you wish, and you can always find a number going the other way, that purports to reflect the same underlying concern.
maybe that's always true and therefore meaningless
Ghost of Igloi wrote:
agip,
. The most active trading on NASDAQ are primarily ETFs (7 out of 10 issues).
Igy