Exchange traded funds focusing on stocks that are big buyers of their own shares, including the SPDR S&P 500 Buyback ETF (SPYB) and the Invesco Buyback Achievers ETF (PKW) , are delivering impressive showings this year. “This ends the streak of four consecutive quarters of record buybacks as Q1 2019 declined 7.7% from the Q4 2018 record of $223.0 billion. Apple Inc. (AAPL) was once again a buyback giant in the first quarter.

ETFs with the highest allocation to Oracle look to be big movers this week and in the next, as investors digest its scores and views.

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The S&P 500 buyback index has trumped the high-dividend one over time. So have the related ETFs.