Only eight companies in the S&P 500 have larger market values than Apple's outlay on share repurchases over the last decade.

Apple has plowed over $500 billion into stock buybacks since 2012 — more than Visa, JPMorgan, or Exxon are worth::Only eight companies in the S&P 500 have larger market values than Apple’s outlay on share repurchases over the last decade.

  • SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I would say stock buybacks are already a real issue, doesn’t matter if they’re borrowing the money or not. If companies had to actually invest in their employees instead of their rich shareholders a lot of issues in our society today would be lessened.