buyback

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Far from meaning that corporate management is confident in their company’s prospects, therefore, robust buyback activity might instead mean that management wants to sell shares it already owns.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 10, 2026

He calculated that 45% of this year’s buyback announcements came from the technology sector and an additional 23% from the financials sector — a total of 68% from just two sectors.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 10, 2026

With an unchanged overweight rating on ResMed’s Australia-listed stock, the Jarden analysts write in a note that using proceeds from the US$490 million divestment to implement an accretive buyback shows good capital management.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026

Jet2’s 250 million-pound share buyback is a positive surprise and a key support for shares, the bank says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026

Another staple of 1990s crime fighting—and of the evening news—was the gun buyback.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt