Comment by nyeah
20 hours ago
Buybacks are sort of pay-in-kind dividends, sure. Nobody really loves returning actual money to investors. It's contrary to nature.
20 hours ago
Buybacks are sort of pay-in-kind dividends, sure. Nobody really loves returning actual money to investors. It's contrary to nature.
A buyback is literally returning actual money to investors.
Close your eyes and picture a cash flow statement. Where do buybacks appear? Under investments, not under return of capital.
Now of course buybacks can work as a return of capital, but it's not quite as simple as "buybacks good" or "buybacks bad" or "buybacks = dividend". Sorry. It's not.
Please don't take this personally. Two different groups of people yelling here have got hold of different parts of the elephant. A few of them seem to blame me for mentioning the crazy word "elephant." Because the key word is surely "rope" or "tree". And since I don't use either of those words consistently, I must be detached from reality. What kind of idiot thinks a rope can be a tree?
That is making me feel like I've wasted my time.
It's not you, it's the whole discussion. If you've gotten this far, thanks for listening.