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Common Stock

The standard form of company ownership, carrying voting rights and a residual claim on profits via dividends and growth.

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Buybacks

How and why a company buys back its own shares: how repurchases shrink the outstanding count and lift per-share figures, why buybacks are an alternative to dividends, the mechanics (open-market and tender offers), the difference between treasury and cancelled shares, and the serious criticisms — buybacks at high prices, debt-funded repurchases, and masking stock-comp dilution.

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Common Stock

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Common Stock

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Buybacks