An unstoppable force is quietly reshaping America.
A force you can feel weighing on you… but can’t quite explain.
I know you feel it because I feel it too… and so does every American I’ve spoken with: rich or poor, left-wing or right-wing, young or old. It’s a dark cloud hanging over the nation.
Ever since I first felt this strange phenomenon, I’ve devoted nearly every waking hour to understanding it.
What my investigation has unearthed is something I have never seen covered by any publication or media outlet… and that deeply concerns me.
Because after years of pulling on this thread, I’ve come to realize it is not random. It’s not just in our heads. It’s a very real, immensely powerful force.
One that often lies dormant for centuries… but when it’s triggered, it always unleashes a seismic chain reaction that changes everything.
For the good… and for the bad. Now, maybe you suspect this has something to do with our toxic politics, ever-widening wealth gap, or the culture war consuming the country…
But those are just symptoms.
Surface-level manifestations of a far deeper, far more dangerous force… one that’s secretly been building for years.
A force two Nobel Prize winners warn will divide America, permanently.
And that I believe is going to happen far faster than anyone imagines, with one of the world’s leading evolutionary biologists warning:
“The scale and speed [of this displacement] is going
to result in [an] unprecedented catastrophe.”
That’s not a prediction. It’s happening right now.
And mark my words: you and I have never seen anything like this before: the dot-com collapse, global financial crisis, COVID-19 pandemic… nothing we’ve seen in our lifetime holds a candle to what’s coming next.
My research reveals that events of this magnitude have only happened four times across the vast expanse of human history… and each one defined an entirely new epoch.
They’ve toppled and raised empires… started and ended wars… usurped kings... reshaped political systems… and lifted millions from poverty while condemning millions more to the poor house.
As historian Neil Postman explains it, these moments are “both a burden and a blessing – not either-or but this and that.”
Now, we’re living through another one.
And as you’ll see, I – and many of the world’s leading experts – believe this could be The Final Displacement.
A turning point that the former CEO of Google says is:
“The most important thing that’s going to happen in about 500 years – maybe 1,000 years of human society – and it’s happening in our lifetime.”
As it unfolds, it threatens to upend every aspect of our daily lives from how we work, how we provide for loved ones to how we save and invest for the future.
Yet nobody is fully warning you of what’s coming.
Until now.
In my new documentary, I lay everything out for you.
And it’s critical that you pay close attention because as you’ll see, I believe we are about to be plunged into a period of dramatic, almost unimaginable change.
Politicians, companies, and economies will rise and fall, the most sacred of our social contracts will be rewritten, and our ways of life that’ve stood for generations will be swept away in the blink of an eye.
And, of course, throughout it all…
Vast fortunes will be made and lost.
I’m talking about a generational transfer of wealth… the type that can either enrich you or impoverish you, based on the decisions you make in the days and weeks ahead.
Because history shows us that while these societal shifts always lead to catastrophic losses for those who refuse to prepare…
… they also unleash unprecedented wealth building potential for those who understand, and harness, the forces at work.
I want to make sure you’re on the winning side.
Watch my new documentary, The Final Displacement, now.
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Good investing,
Porter Stansberry
3 Stocks Using Buybacks to Drive Sustainable Price Growth
Written by Thomas Hughes. Published 10/3/2025.
Key Points
- Buybacks can drive significant increases in shareholder value, but they must reduce the share count and be sustainable.
- Companies that sustain share buyback activity tend also to maintain stock price uptrends.
- Buybacks and analyst trends suggest these stocks will move higher by year's end.
Many things can drive a stock's price higher; fewer can do so sustainably. Cash flow and capital return top the list. In this case, capital return via share buybacks can provide significant leverage for investors — but there is a catch: buybacks must reduce the share count and be sustainable.
Companies with share buybacks that lower the share count quarter to quarter also tend to sustain bullish stock-price trends. This piece examines three such stocks and explores where investors might expect their share prices to be by the end of the year.
AutoZone Is in the Zone With Its Buyback Plan
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Claim Your Free Trade Alert →AutoZone (NYSE: AZO) reduced its share count by 1.7% year-over-year (YOY) in FQ4 and roughly 3% for the full year, supported by a large and expanding network of auto parts and service centers. The company typically sustains growth in both strong and weak markets, generating ample cash flow across cycles. The outlook for FY2026 calls for another 8% top- and bottom-line advance, with margins expected to widen over time. The near-term consensus as of early October 2025 is likely muted because of the recently announced plan to accelerate store-count growth.
The stock price outlook is bullish. MarketBeat data shows a solid support base: 26 analysts cover the stock, the Moderate Buy rating has strengthened over the past year, and price targets are rising. The consensus forecast in early October implies about an 8% stock-price increase — enough to reach a new all-time high and consistent with the prevailing uptrend that has been in place since 2021 and gained momentum in late 2025, as evidenced by converging MACD peaks.
Etsy Buybacks Provide Leverage for a Robust Rebound
Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) is likely to slow buybacks in upcoming quarters, but that should not eliminate the potential for a meaningful rebound. An aggressive pace of share reduction in the first half of the fiscal year trimmed 8.7% from the share count in Q2 and more than 20% year-to-date (YTD), giving shareholders sizeable leverage. The rebound may take time to gain momentum, but it should be driven by the rollout of AI services for consumers. Etsy has partnered with ChatGPT to offer AI-enabled checkout for select items and plans to expand the service over time.
Analysts' sentiment trends are aligning with a rebound in Etsy's stock. Although consensus lagged the market earlier in October, it has been rising — up roughly 20% in the prior quarter after several quarters of downward revisions. The latest analyst revisions put a potential market price as high as $81, which would set a multi-year high and push the stock through a critical resistance point, completing a technical reversal.
Kroger: Resumes Buybacks With a Vengeance
Kroger (NYSE: KR) curtailed buybacks in 2024 and early 2025 to preserve capital for its proposed acquisition of Albertsons. Once the merger plans fell through, the company moved to redeploy capital to shareholders — resuming previous buyback activity and launching an accelerated plan to make up for the pause. Kroger reduced its share count by nearly 8.4% in Q2 and expects to complete the $5 billion accelerated program in the second half of the fiscal year, then continue buybacks at a more moderate pace.
Kroger's analyst trends are bullish, helping drive the stock higher in 2025. MarketBeat shows increased coverage, a bullish tilt within the Hold rating, and rising price targets. The consensus implies roughly 10% upside relative to key support levels, enough to match the all-time high, while ongoing trends could push the stock toward new highs near $85.
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