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Re:Dividends and Buybacks Now Larger Than Total Reported Ear... by mathattack on Friday May 24, 2019 @03:28PM (#20004599)
Good point. And this is why value stocks (that return money to shareholders) outperform growth stocks over time.
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Re:Dividends and Buybacks Now Larger Than Total Reported Ear... by lrem on Friday May 24, 2019 @04:38PM (#20005067)
Naive question: istn't the idea of "growth stocks" to become value stocks at some point?
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Re:Dividends and Buybacks Now Larger Than Total Reported Ear... by mathattack on Saturday May 25, 2019 @05:25PM (#20011549)
Yes - stocks don’t stay in their category forever. Most start needing capital, and then eventually return in.
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