Stock Market Outlook: Buybacks Could Save Indexes From Further Crash
Stock buybacks could counteract extended market declines, Citi said.The bank predicted $1 trillion in stock buybacks by 2025, up from 2024.Companies may shift spending from capital expenditures to buybacks amid Trump policy uncertainty.The stock market has a $1 trillion weapon to fight further price declines: stock buybacks.Analysts at Citi said in a Monday note that as the stock market continued to decline, it could present a too-good-to-ignore deal for companies to buy back their stocks at discounted levels."Should large cap US equities continue to correct, we expect that share repurchase...