Long time ago, I researched what happened to corporate executive's 401k's after the 2008 crash. I was SHOCKED to learn that only a very, very small percentage of executives had money in their 401k's at the time of the crash. But, these same executives were calling on their employees to continue to buy company stock in their 401k's.
Fast forward to now: Executives have used buyback to unload their stocks. I expect that at some point in the future we will find out that they fleeced their employees again.
Executives are using buybacks to unload their stock holdings. And it is known.
"Commissioner Jackson’s speeches and statements often presented new findings from his Office’s original research. One speech showed how executives use buybacks to cash out their personal holdings of company stock, and a later letter to Congress showed that companies that allow CEOs to sell into buybacks underperform over the long run."
https://www.sec.gov/biography/commissio ... -j-jackson
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