Terminology: Stock Buyback

When companies have extra cash resources and no other investment alternative, they will often choose to buy back their own stock.  There are a few reasons why a company would want to buy their own shares back: When they buy back shares, there are fewer shares on the market to be traded.  The price of…

Interest Rates on the Rise

Looking Back at April In April, we had some noticeable swings in the stock market, although the S&P did end the month slightly up from where it started. Fear of quickly rising interest rates has been a major influence on market behavior. We have seen the 10-year Treasury bond rate go from 2.06% in September…