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There was also disappointment at a lack of buyback news.
Its operating earnings per share rose 14 percent to $3.51, partly reflecting fewer shares because of buyback programs.
Many companies already buy back shares regularly to offset the additional shares issued as a result of stock option grants they give employees, so announcements of buyback programs do not send as strong a message as they did 15 years ago.
A continuum of buyback contracts coordinate the supply chain.
When the market tanks the pace of buyback activity increases.
However, the success of buyback has been rarely proved, and there are very limited studies on theoretical risks without digging into operational analysis.
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And as confidence falters, the pace of buybacks and M&A will slow.
"I tend to think of it as another sentiment indicator," he said of buybacks.
But in this downturn, the effect of buybacks has been more muted.
That brings the tally of buybacks to $6bn since the beginning of 2012, according to Goldman.
"Bonds have tended to sell off in the wake of buybacks.
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