The stock market's most important safety net is in danger

8:38am PDT - August 22nd, 2019    dow jones - Business Insider

US corporations repurchased stock at the slowest pace in 18 months in the second quarter, signaling a key safety net of the 10-year equity bull market could be fading. Stock buybacks by S&P 500 firms totaled about $166 billion for the second quarter, down fro…