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Why 2024 Could Be the Biggest Year for Stock Buybacks
On today’s Big Take podcast, it’s stock buyback season. What’s fueling their rise among companies?
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For companies with extra cash, December is a popular month for buying back their own shares. In the past few years alone, publicly traded companies in the US executed hundreds of billions worth of stock buybacks. And 2024 is on track to be the biggest year in buybacks ever.