Link of the Month: When a Buyback Isn't a Buyback

So you thought that stock buybacks were aimed at enhancing shareholder value? Silly you. In this understated working paper, Kathleen Kahle turns over the buyback rock; paradigmistas won't like what she's found crawling underneath.

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