Justin Spittler, editor of The Daily Dispatch is talking with Crisis Investing editor Nick Giambruno. Nick shares two key markets he’s keeping an eye on today…
Beware of Flashy Stock Repurchases When The Market Is on The Rise
July 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Retail giant Bed Bath & Beyond just announced plans to buy back another $2 billion in shares, which the company will start doing after it completes its current share repurchase program. You’ve seen it before: Press releases emphasize that buybacks return value to shareholders, analysts sometimes rely on repurchases to spot a stock to write up next, and management likes to tout their focus on shareholder returns. But what’s the real story?
Write-Downs: Death Sentence or Opportunity?
September 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By Jeff Clark, Senior Precious Metals Analyst For many primary gold producers, Q2-2013 was a breathtakingly bad quarter. It wasn’t so much the massive drop in earnings many reported—those had been, for the most part, expected—but the so-called “impairment charges” announced. (Impairment is the opposite of appreciation, that is, the reduction in quality, strength, amount, […]
