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Re:Dividends and Buybacks Now Larger Than Total Reported Ear... by povertyworld on Friday May 24, 2019 @01:55PM (#20003835)
If a company is swimming in cash, shouldn't that be going to investors in the form of dividends? This ideology of hoarding cash pushed by guys like Buffet is a sign of a warped economy.
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Re:Dividends and Buybacks Now Larger Than Total Reported Ear... by rhino369 on Friday May 24, 2019 @02:11PM (#20003950)
Buybacks are equivalent to dividends, but with less taxation.
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Re:Dividends and Buybacks Now Larger Than Total Reported Ear... by povertyworld on Friday May 24, 2019 @02:40PM (#20004174)
I don't have a problem with buybacks either. There was a time when Buffet argued to people that holding cash was worth some multiple greater than returning the cash, and he was probably right. I'm just saying that is more indicative of a "warped economy" than a business actually returning money.
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