Re:Companies Use Borrowed Billions to Buy Back Stock, Not to...
by paulsutter on Saturday August 10, 2019 @07:27PM
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What do you think happens to the money invested in bond offerings?
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Re:Companies Use Borrowed Billions to Buy Back Stock, Not to...
by Retric on Saturday August 10, 2019 @09:11PM
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Well this is about companies borrowing money, so in this case returns to investors. Those investors then pay taxes in whatever country they reside in, and use a fraction of what remains to look for new investments.
As the article points out, money is moving around but that’s it.