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by toast0 505 days ago
> And that if you hold a stock for say 10 years and somehow sell during a recession you could make ~0$ on that stock if it only did buybacks. While with a dividend you'd have come out ahead.

A stock with buybacks should be compared to a stock with dividend reinvestment.

If you do something other than reinvest dividends, you should sell some shares every year.