Investors Are SELLING Stocks Right Now in 2019! Here’s Exactly Who Is Buying.

Investors have actually been selling equities. They’ve been holding cash. A lot of it. But the U.S. stock market has risen quite a bit this year. So who exactly bought the shares? Well it seems that stock buybacks are one major reason why the market has risen. Over $1 trillion of stock buybacks took place in 2018 alone, preventing stocks from entering a bear market for a prolonged period. What will 2019 look like?

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Paul Tudor Jones says there's a 'mania' in share buybacks, worries about 'social consequences'
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/11/paul-tudor-jones-says-theres-a-mania-in-share-buybacks-worries-about-social-consequences.html
Stock buyback binge will accelerate in 2019, despite Schumer, Sanders attack - MarketWatch
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/senators-schumer-and-sanders-with-workers-first-bill-wont-slow-a-2019-stock-buyback-binge-2019-02-07
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stock buybacks total for 2019 - Google Search
https://www.google.com/search?q=stock+buybacks+total+for+2019&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRhbu2obrgAhUOOawKHfGHAYkQ_AUIDigB&biw=2560&bih=1361
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