US companies are planning to buy back a record $500bn of their own shares, as they seek to deploy their huge cash piles at a time when President Donald Trump’s policies are adding to uncertainty over making capital investments.
Companies listed on the blue-chip S&P 500 index said last week they expect to repurchase $192bn of their stock over the coming months, the highest weekly figure in data going back to 1995, according to Deutsche Bank.
The tally of announced buybacks over the past three months has now risen to $518bn — the biggest rolling three-month sum on record, the bank said.
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