以下是股市复苏的真正原因

币界网Pubblicato 2024-08-20Pubblicato ultima volta 2024-08-21

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是什么真正推动了股市最近的反弹?一个主要因素,而不是占据所有头条新闻的因素,是股票回购。是的,公司正在以一种甚至会让最贪婪的加密鲸鱼脸红的速度回购自己的股票。

高管们正在庆祝这一点,认为这是财务实力和对未来股价乐观的标志。美国企业今年以前所未有的速度加入了回购浪潮。

Palo Alto Networks和H&R Block等大公司只是最近宣布将更多资金投入自己股票的几家公司。

美国银行研究了股票公司回购的数量,并将这些回购与标准普尔500指数的整体市值进行了比较。你猜怎么着?我们看到的数字至少自2010年以来从未如此之高。十多年了,伙计们。

更疯狂?通信服务类股领涨,回购的股票数量超过了标准普尔500指数中任何其他行业的市值。

那么,为什么这很重要呢?因为这些回购增加了流入量,使股票看起来更具吸引力,也许——只是也许——在我们现在看到的市场反弹中发挥了作用。

毕竟,当一家公司回购股票时,它会减少市场上可用的股票数量,从而推高股价。一些经济学家想知道这是否与8月初经济衰退后的市场反弹有关。

我们不要忘记,沃伦·巴菲特本人也是回购的忠实粉丝。如果奥马哈先知喜欢它们,你就知道它们值得关注。

回购自己股票的公司本质上是在押注自己,表明他们认为自己的股票被低估了,或者他们的现金没有更好的用途。

在一个信心不稳的市场中,这一点尤为重要,投资者正在寻找任何理由留在游戏中。

但推动市场的不仅仅是回购。投资者也在密切关注美联储,希望看到一些好消息。

全球股市接近一个月来的最高点,美元跌至新低,这一切都是因为人们认为美联储可能准备再次降息。

美联储7月会议的纪要以及美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔在本周晚些时候的杰克逊霍尔会议上的讲话有很多内容。

所有人都在等待鲍威尔是否会在9月份暗示降息。仅仅是降低利率的建议就已经产生了影响。

标准普尔500指数小幅下跌,下跌0.2%,纳斯达克和道琼斯指数也小幅下跌。但真正的行动是在债券市场。

基准10年期国债收益率跌至3.818%,期货市场现在完全定价9月份降息25个基点。他们甚至有25%的可能性会降息50个基点。

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