One of Palmisano's goals was to return money to shareholders, both by raising IBM's dividend — it's quintupled since 2002 — and repurchasing large quantities of IBM's stock.

彭明盛的目标之一正是让股东得到实实在在的回报，途径既包括分红——季度分红2002年以来增加了4倍——也包括回购大量IBM股票。

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Nothing that odd about a buyback, but in this case this is the first time Avnet is repurchasing stock in at least a decade.

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Since individual investors using this strategy must wait 30 days before repurchasing any stock sold at a loss to avoid triggering the wash sale rule, these stocks can decline in December and rise in January.

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In the run-up, much of the buying has come from companies repurchasing their own stock.

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