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Re:The coming long-run slowdown in corporate profit growth a... by frikk on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @03:08PM (#41449403)
I recently learned that buybacks and short selling historically have not been legal, its only in recent history that they've been standard practice en large (1982 is when buybacks were legalized, I think)
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Re:The coming long-run slowdown in corporate profit growth a... by layer8 on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @03:37PM (#41449782)
It’s part of Reaganomics. They weren’t explicitly illegal beforehand though, it just wasn’t clear when they would count as stock price manipulation.
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