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Business Source Ultimate,bsu,131003207,”Royal Dutch Shell Finally Delivers Big Stock Buyback, But Shares Break Support.”,”The article reports on the business performance of several companies including oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA), energy company ConocoPhillips Co. (COP), and oil and gas company Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM). Topics mentioned include the stock buyback by Royal Dutch Shell, the insights of Ben van Beurden, chief executive officer (CEO) of Royal Dutch, on the free cash flow outlook of the company, and the business revenue of ConocoPhillips.”,20180726,”NARAYANAN, APARNA”,Article,Newspaper,7/26/2018,,Investors Business Daily,”Organizational performance ; Stock repurchasing ; Royal Dutch Shell PLC ; ConocoPhillips Co. ; Exxon Mobil Corp. ; Van Beurden, Ben, 1958-“,JOUR,,,1061-2890,,,,,eng,Investor’s Business Daily,N.PAG,N.PAG,,,,,,,,https://discovery.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=8924f89a-ef5a-3eda-be11-1514cf4c393b
Unit VI Journal
Instructions
In 2012, Apple issued its first dividend to common stockholders at $0.38 per share. In your opinion, was the decision to pay cash dividends to their shareholders a good decision? Please explain your reasoning.
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.
Unit VI Essay
Instructions
Stock Repurchases
In the short article “Royal Dutch Shell Finally Delivers Big Stock Buyback, But Shares Break Support” by Aparna Narayanan (see below), stock repurchases may produce favorable effects on key financial ratios.
Narayanan, A. (2018, July 26).
Royal Dutch Shell finally delivers big stock buyback, but shares break support
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Investors Business Daily. Retrieved from https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=131003207&site=ehost-live&scope=site
After reading the article, write an essay that addresses the prompts below.
· Include an introduction that summarizes the article.
· Analyze the importance of stable dividend policies.
· Determine reasons behind stock repurchases.
· Analyze how individual financial metrics are specifically affected by stock repurchase plans and returns.
Your essay should be at least two pages in length, not counting the title and reference pages. You are required to cite and reference at least your textbook and the article. Use APA format to cite in-text and reference citations.
Ashely,
Along with the instruction I attached article and spreadsheet that came with it. If you can use the spreadsheet cool, if you can’t use it that’s fine as well.
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