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phyalow
on April 4, 2016
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Buybacks at $46B a Month Dwarf Everything in U.S. ...
Now you are confusing outstanding shares with market float. Shares repurchased become treasury stock and are now apart of equity.
JDDunn9
on April 4, 2016
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Whether the company destroys the shares or retains them as treasury stock is irrelevant. Investors don't care if their share price went up by 10%, or if they effectively have 1.10 shares.
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