Tuesday Link-Ups: 10-27-2015 More Stock Buy Backs – Bubblicious Deals – and Fusion Energy

As you know from my links last Tuesday – I am truly amazed at how short sighted many top American companies are – loading up on debt, laying off good employees, and continuing to buy back their inflated shares:

• MarketWatch: Companies are wasting money from layoffs on share buybacks

And if you had any doubts the Feds zero interest rates are fueling crazy valuations, look no further than the deal announced Monday by Duke Energy:

• Bloomberg: Duke Has Bubblicious Feelings for Piedmont

I have been looking for a new entry into XLE – in my reading, I came across this very well done article on Fusion:

• Time: Inside the Quest for Fusion, Clean Energy’s Holy Grail

Long story short – think we will be using Fossil Fuels for a few more years.