AQR: Buyback Derangement Syndrome, 2018

Academic paper in The Journal of Portfolio Management, written by Cliff Adness, Todd Hazelkorn, and Scott Richardson of AQR.

Summary: “A seemingly large amount of stock buybacks in recent years has prompted many to claim that buybacks have come at the expense of new investment. Our latest paper shows why neither the theory nor the evidence supports this view.”

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