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Re:The WeWork IPO by sol_remmy2 on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @03:19PM (#20750881)
I'm not sure why you're trying to draw a connection between stock buybacks and QE when there isn't one.

Stock buybacks are just tax-optimized dividends.

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Re:The WeWork IPO by linuxftw on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @04:01PM (#20751403)
Stock buybacks are a misappropriation of capital fueled by QE/low interest rate environments.
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