Treasure Chest: Exploiting Buybacks

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By Greg Peel

JP Morgan's research shows that if a company buys back stock between the end of an accounting period (in this case end-December) and the company's earnings report for the period (results season begins next month) then that stock typically outperforms the market.

There are currently 35 listed companies identified by JP Morgan as having buyback programs in place. Of those, seven have been buying back stock in 2012. Another seventeen were buying back last year but not this year as yet, while the remainder are yet to begin their programs.

On that basis, JP Morgan expects the aforementioned seven to outperform between now and their results releases.

They are: Rio Tinto ((RIO)), GPT Group ((GPT)), CuDeco ((CDU)), Mincor Resources ((MCR)), News Corp ((NWS)), Linc Energy ((LNC)) and Watpac ((WTP)).

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