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Can High ESG Ratings Help Sustain Dividend Growth?

Harvard Corporate Governance

For many, investing in the current market environment can be described as navigating uncharted waters. With US inflation running at a 40-year high and a rocky first half of the year for both equity and fixed income markets globally, uncertainty is high. more…).

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Share Buybacks and Executive Compensation: Assessing Key Criticisms

Harvard Corporate Governance

Key Takeaways While most S&P 500 companies conducting buybacks in 2018–2021 did not adjust performance goals or incentive awards to account for the lower share count post buyback, those conducting the largest buybacks tend to adjust goals or incentive awards to offset for the impact. more…)

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Everything about Share Buybacks

Andrew Stolz

A company executes a share buyback when it pays out cash from its balance sheet to purchase its previously issued shares in the stock market or directly from shareholders. companies have distributed more money through buybacks than through dividends. 2018) looked at buybacks from 1998 to 2010 in 31 non-U.S.

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HSBC: Chance for Success or Misstep?

Valutico

HSBC Holdings plc Weekly Valuation – Valutico | 20 March 2023 Link to the valuation Context The past weeks, the financial market was rattled by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the go-to bank for tech startups, serving half of America’s venture capital-backed tech firms. HSBC is also planning a special dividend of $0.21

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Crash and Bailouts

Valutico

UBS Group AG Weekly Valuation – Valutico | 28 March 2023 Link to the valuation Context In recent days, the financial markets have experienced increased turmoil, causing growing concerns about financial stability. As a result, they have been pouring into money market funds at the highest rate since the COVID pandemic began.

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Good (Bad) Banks and Good (Bad) Investments: At the right price.

Musings on Markets

While differentiating between good and bad banks can be straightforward, it does not follow that buying good banks and selling bad banks is a good investment strategy, since its success depends entirely on what the market is incorporating into stock prices. Note the differences between the bank FCFE and bank dividend discount models.

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The Class Certification of Exchange-Listed Options in Securities Class-Action Litigation

Reynolds Holding

Class-action litigation for fraud on the market typically focuses on purchasers and sellers of stock. In the Apple case, plaintiffs claimed that the company had inflated its share price in early November 2018 with misleading statements about demand for its products in China. Securities Litigation (N.D. In Cammer v. 4] Unger v.