Share Buybacks: Opportunity or Market Manipulation?

Apple, Microsoft, LVMH... they all have one thing in common: they are massively buying back their own shares. But what lies behind this increasingly widespread mechanism used by global giants?
Apple, Microsoft, LVMH... they all have one thing in common: they are massively buying back their own shares. But what lies behind this increasingly widespread mechanism used by global giants?
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