Buybacks: A Floor Under the Price of Apple Inc Stock

Buybacks: A Floor Under the Price of Apple Inc Stock

If you own Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock, or you’ve been following it, then you probably already know that the company has been buying back large quantities of its own shares for years. Indeed, the number of shares of Apple Inc. stock outstanding has been declining steadily since 2013. You very likely understand that when fewer […]...

Saudis Cut Oil Output Again as Kingdom’s Budget Reels From Crash

(Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia announced a surprise move to slash oil output to the lowest in 18 years as it tries to spur the recovery from an energy crisis that has devastated the kingdom’s finances.Just hours after unveiling a slew of dramatic austerity measures, Saudi Arabia said it would cut oil output by another 1 million barrels a day on top of what it already agreed with OPEC allies. Oil futures rose, and Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates followed up with extra cuts of their own.“We have to be ahead of the curve,” Saudi Oil Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman told Bloomberg News in a phone interview on Monday. “The voluntary cuts will further expedite the re-balancing process.”It’s a sign of the urgency in Riyadh to stabilize the oil market as rock-bottom prices force the kingdom to impose deep spending cuts and triple value-added tax. And it marks the latest...