“A stock buyback occurs when a publicly traded firm repurchases some of its shares from investors with excess cash or borrowed funds. In recent years, the annual aggregate value of such repurchases has risen to historical highs, reaching nearly $1 trillion as firms, such as Apple, Exxon Mobil, Microsoft, IBM, Visa, Citigroup, Cisco, Pfizer, Oracle, and Bank of America, have conducted billion-dollar-plus stock repurchases.”…
via Federation of American Scientists I By Gary Shorter I July 16, 2020
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