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Should the government tax stock buybacks?

Stock buybacks are the re-acquisition by a company of its own shares. It represents an alternate and more flexible way (relative to dividends) of returning money to shareholders. When used in coordination with increased corporate leverage, buybacks can increase share price. In most countries, a corporation can repurchase its own stock by distributing cash to existing shareholders in exchange for a fraction of the company's outstanding equity; that is, cash is exchanged for a reduction in the number of shares outstanding. The company either retires the repurchas…  

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No
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Yes, but I would prefer if they were banned
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No, the biggest beneficiary of stock buybacks are pension funds and mutual funds
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No, there is no evidence that firms that engage in buybacks reduce their investments

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 @99FLB4V from Minnesota  answered…2yrs2Y

I don’t know what this means

 @99MT3SV from Kansas  answered…2yrs2Y

I don't understand this topic enough to have much of a stance on the issue.

 @9BR69KJ from Indiana  answered…2yrs2Y

not enough knowledge

 @9FNRY4P from California  answered…1yr1Y

I don’t get it

 @9D6TXPS from California  answered…2yrs2Y

I do not understand.

 @99FSR4Z from Kansas  answered…2yrs2Y

Buybacks I barely know her

 @8TLN5QM  from PR  answered…6 days6D

Yes, and allow for everyday people to buy and own as many stocks as we can afford. More people owning capital is better than it being in the hands of just a few or corporations.

 @9CDNYWP from California  answered…2yrs2Y

I don’t have a stance

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