Buybacks

S&P 500 companies are buying back fewer shares of stock, a phenomenon that could have mixed implications for investors. S&P 500 stock buybacks declined by 17.5 percent in the first quarter of 2017 compared to a year ago, according to a new report by S&P Global. In the first three months...

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The world's most notable investor Warren Buffett is no fan of share buybacks. The "Oracle of Omaha" consistently argues companies that buy back their own stock aren't generating shareholder value, rather, they are destroying it over the long term at the expense of appeasing shareholders in the near...