Bad Buying

By Econ70 | 04/10/2014
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For the 12 months ending 1/31/14, S&P 500 firms spent $478 billion buying back outstanding shares, and in the quarter ending 1/31/14 spending on buybacks rose 29% compared to a year earlier. Seems the higher the stock price, the more committed firms are to buybacks. During the last bull market buybacks peaked in the quarter…

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What’s my Share?

By Econ70 | 10/13/2011
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Firms frequently buyback their own shares when they think they are undervalued. Problem is, firms often get it wrong! So far this year HP has spent $7.6 billion to buy 200 million shares at about $38/share. In ’10 HP spent $11.3 billion to buy 250 million shares at about $44/share. HP shares currently trade at…

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