{"id":35687,"date":"2018-12-15T16:09:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T15:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/?p=35687"},"modified":"2018-12-15T16:18:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T15:18:59","slug":"the-ugly-truth-behind-stock-buybacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/the-ugly-truth-behind-stock-buybacks\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ugly Truth Behind Stock Buybacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/the-ugly-truth-behind-stock-buybacks\/buybacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-35688\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35688 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Buybacks--300x172.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"113\"><\/a>In November 2016, Goldman Sachs\u2019 chief equity strategist David Kostin estimated that, in 2017, S&amp;P 500 companies will spend $780 billion on buybacks\u200a\u2014\u200aa new record.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s crazy.<\/p>\n<p>For most of the 20th century, stock buybacks were deemed illegal because they were thought to be a form of stock market manipulation. But since 1982, when they were essentially legalized by the SEC, buybacks have become perhaps the most popular financial engineering tool in the C-Suite tool shed. And it\u2019s obvious why Wall Street loves them: Buying back company stock can inflate a company\u2019s share price and boost its earnings per share\u200a\u2014\u200ametrics that often guide lucrative executive bonuses.<\/p>\n<p>As Reuters wrote recently, \u201cStock buybacks enrich the bosses even when business sags.\u201d&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/aalsin\/2017\/02\/28\/shareholders-should-be-required-to-vote-on-stock-buybacks\/#2228c9e96b1e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35689\" style=\"width: 605px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/the-ugly-truth-behind-stock-buybacks\/byback\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35689\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35689\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Byback.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Byback.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Byback-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Byback-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-35689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cStock buybacks enrich the bosses even when business sags.\u201d \/Reuters&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Claudio Munoz<br \/>https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/claudio-munoz\/<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In November 2016, Goldman Sachs\u2019 chief equity strategist David Kostin estimated that, in 2017, S&amp;P 500 companies will spend $780 billion on buybacks\u200a\u2014\u200aa new record. 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