The chart below shows how oil stocks have
outperformed the S&P 500 strongly since the start
of 2004.
Charts Earning's Archive July 2007-December 2007
In my reading, I frequently come across literature that interests me (see third party research links
for some of my reading list). Typically, I post these files to the Research Library by their
category, and as that fills up, I post them in their category archives so I (or readers) can reference in
the future (see below):
The Chart to the left (from
12/10/07 Barron's article by
J.R. Brandstrader) shows the
most aggressive companies
that are buying back stock
(oftentimes issuing debt to
so) have had little share
price success! Additionally,
the article which has a link in
my research archives under
the Earnings section, says
that the corporate
repurchases removed 20
billion shaes in aggregate,
but shares outstanding fell
by only 4.4 billion due to new
issuance often centered
around stock options for
corporate executives.