Indexology®: Companies buy fewer shares, but issue even less, reducing their share count and pushing up EPS
March 26, 2014 at 15:49 PM EDT
Companies continue to increase their shareholders’ returns through buybacks and cash dividends. These two expenditures, combined, reached $214.4 billion in the fourth quarter – the second highest level (Q3 2007 holds the record at $233.2 billion) and three times the Q2 2009 Bear market level ($71.8...