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Intel's new CEO warns employees about 'tough decisions', but Wall Street cheers
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You know what would really help is some stock buy backs. That has always for Intel's other CEOs.
I do not have professional experience in the financial industry or economics, but the concept of "stock buy backs" seems counter productive to good corporate governance (and competition for that matter).
I did not think the /s was required but maybe it was.
Stock buybacks are a huge part of how Intel got to this point. They took out massive low interest loans in the post 2008 eras and used that cash to play investors rather than invest in r&d or other market growth programs.
Companies used to (and some still) transfer profits to shareholders by paying periodic dividends. The stock buyback transfers profits to shareholders by raising the stock price. It became popular because capital gains are taxed at a lower flat rate than dividends.
Also, dividends are taxed when they are paid, but gains are taxed when the stock gets sold. Wealthy shareholders can sit on unrealised capital gains for years or decades, pay no taxes, and still access the wealth by putting the shares up as collateral for personal loans.
Stock buybacks are certainly popular with big and wealthy investors.
I understand the difference between dividends and stock buybacks. Just pointing out that it seems almost counter-intuitive on some level (a company buying its own stock).