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Data Update 9 for 2025: Dividends and Buybacks - Inertia and Me-tooism!

Musings on Markets

In my ninth (and last) data post for 2025, I look at cash returned by businesses across the world, looking at both the magnitude and the form of that return. I start with a framework for thinking about how much cash a business can return to its owners, and then argue that, in the real world, this decision is skewed by inertia and me-tooism.

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Don’t cancel or coddle at-risk capital projects—challenge them

Mckinsey and Company

Skip to main content Don’t cancel or coddle at-risk capital projects—challenge them July 16, 2025 | Article Today’s volatility leaves multibillion-dollar capital projects with little room for error. A new approach to stress testing helps keep them on track. percent met their cost and schedule targets, and a mere 0.5