Don't Look Now, but CEOs Are Getting Out of the Market

There have been some media rumblings - trial balloons, if you will - sent up, all hinting that the Federal Reserve might stop or slow the pace of the "normalization" that's going to see $50 billion a month come out of the system before it's done. That's going to lead to a market cataclysm - sooner, not later - because there simply won't be enough precious liquidity in the markets to sustain the kinds of stock prices we've seen in the era of quantitative easing. Even if the Fed did slow or even halt the pace of systemic withdrawals of cash from the markets, it's just too late. We've talked about this snowballing disaster of a monetary policy many times before; I've been screaming from the mountaintops, showing you recommendations for getting into a protective, cash-heavy stance. And now, it seems, a certain crowd of big market players is getting wise. They've just capped a very busy quarter - a record quarter, in fact - of stock buybacks. It might not seem like it at first glance, but these buybacks and the sentiment driving them are not only cynical, but also incredibly bearish indicators of things to come... Tags: The Fed To get full access to all Money Morning content, click here About Money Morning: Money Morning gives you access to a team of ten market experts with more than 250 years of combined investing experience – for free . Our experts – who have appeared on FOXBusiness, CNBC, NPR, and BloombergTV – deliver daily investing tips and stock picks, provide analysis with actions to take, and answer your biggest market questions. Our goal is to help our millions of e-newsletter subscribers and Moneymorning.com visitors become smarter, more confident investors. Disclaimer: © 2018 Money Morning and Money Map Press. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright of the United States and international treaties. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including the world wide web), of content from this webpage, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Money Morning. 16 W. Madison St. Baltimore, MD, 21201. The post Don't Look Now, but CEOs Are Getting Out of the Market appeared first on Money Morning - We Make Investing Profitable .