Goldman Sachs Buyback Orders Reach Highest Level of Year
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Investors trying to explain the resilience of American equities during a global selloff may want to consider the pace that companies are repurchasing shares.
About 79 percent of buyback orders at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s corporate trading desk were active yesterday, the most this year, according to a note to clients obtained by Bloomberg News. Companies stepped up purchases as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell as much as 3 percent from an intraday record reached May 22.