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Compass slipped 1p to 839.5p even though the City gave a positive reaction to its first investor day in five years, with analysts suggesting it could do a £1.5bn buyback over the next three years.

We also are bullish on Caterpillar because of its $7.5 billion stock buyback over the next five years.

A core holding in the High-Tech portfolio has been Cable & Wireless, a stock we like because of its large buyback over the past few years.

Gibara has announced a $600 million stock buyback over three years, which should keep per-share earnings up even if net profits slip a bit.

UPS is also planning a $10 billion share buyback over the next two years and will issue more debt to fund the program.

Together, buybacks over that period accounted for about 2percentt of all outstanding shares.

Nearly all the company's share buybacks over the last two years have cost more than the agreed $13.65 per share sale price.

That does not compare favorably with its share buybacks over the past 13 quarters, when it spent nearly twice as much to buy 189.5 million shares.

In his recent book, "The Road to Recovery", Andrew Smithers, an economist, argues that share options have given bosses a strong incentive to favour buybacks over capital expenditure.This may well have been the crucial factor in propping up profits.

Ryanair is also offering to sell its 29.8% stake in Aer Lingus, worth about £215m, and there's the added prospect of share buybacks over the next 18 months.

Dell repurchased $1.1 billion in the second quarter, and it says it will make the additional buybacks over time.