Topley’s Top 10 – June 28, 2021

1. Record Stock Sales From Money-Losing Firms Ring the Alarm Bells

By Lu Wangand Vildana Hajric

-AMC, GameStop lead troubled companies in flooding the market

-Glut of shares provides latest evidence of elevated enthusiasm

If you think a rush by companies to sell their shares is a bad omen for the market, imagine a scenario where most of the sales come from firms that don’t make money.

It’s happening now. Since the end of March, almost 100 unprofitable companies, including GameStop Corp. and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., have raised money through secondary offerings, twice as many as coming from profitable firms, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

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