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Stock buybacks
Stock buybacks are crazy right now. Here’s why.
by
Andy Uhler
Apr 18, 2018
Goldman Sachs reported sharply higher profit this week, and yet its shares fell after Goldman said it wouldn’t be buying back stocks in the second quarter. In this respect, Goldman is an outlier. After the corporate tax rate dropped this year, American companies have been using cash to repurchase their own shares in furious fashion. […]
Explaining stock buybacks
by
Paddy Hirsch
Apr 9, 2015
Stock buybacks are popular with some, but others say they're a waste of money.
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Goldman Sachs could lose a financial weapon
by
Gigi Douban
Mar 10, 2015
The Federal Reserve might put limits on the bank's buying back of its own stock.
Who is Carl Icahn and what does he do?
by
Stan Alcorn
Oct 9, 2014
A former corporate raider looking to remold companies. His current target? Apple
Stock buybacks could be good for investors
Oct 8, 2014
Critics have sounded alarms that companies are pumping up their stock price.
Apple to buy back $10 billion stock, pay dividend
Mar 19, 2012
Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a conference call today it would start spending down its nearly $100-billion pile of cash with a $10 billion share buyback and a quarterly stock dividend of $2.65 a share.
How to spend a $100 billion: Ask Apple
by
Scott Tong
Mar 19, 2012
Apple earns only about 1% interest by hoarding its pile of cash reserves. Today, it announced how it would start earning investor love with a stock buyback and dividends.
For public good, not for profit.
The futility of trying to time the market
Mar 13, 2012
Investors can't consistently beat the market. Neither can senior management.