Tag Archives: Cash

Repatriation Holidays

Many companies have been pushing for a repatriation holiday and recent reports have highlighted how much cash is held overseas. A little more than half the companies in the Fortune 500 have at least $1.6 trillion in untaxed profits parked offshore, … Continue reading

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Large-Scale Asset Purchases by Jeremy Stein

Here’s Greg Ip on Jeremy Stein’s recent LSAP speeches (Oct 11, Nov 30): If Mr Stein’s story is right, we should expect to see corporations exploiting the drop in long-term rates to refinance short-term debt and repurchase stock but not boost … Continue reading

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How much cash are companies sitting on? More than a trillion

According to Lloyd Blankfein’s WSJ op-ed, cash holdings of non-financial companies amount to more than a trillion. Cash holdings have been high for the past few years, but I haven’t looked at the numbers on this lately and I found … Continue reading

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