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• sog35 said: Just bought 200 shares at $92.80 added 500 total shares this week at an average of $96.52 hope we see a bump in late Summer when we get leaks of the iPhone 7 My 12 month target is $150 (making no guarantees here) My 5 year targ…

  in Apple buybacks to resume on Friday, gobbling up stock priced near the lowest of 2016 Comment by applejakes April 2016
• ac1234 said: NY1822 said: sometimes I wonder if people actually realize what buying back shares does for Apple: It retires the dividend payment, now, and as it grows in the future: http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/12/20/how…

  in Apple buybacks to resume on Friday, gobbling up stock priced near the lowest of 2016 Comment by applejakes April 2016
• icoco3 said: marka said: Apple would make their stockholders much happier if they increased the dividends even more than buying up even more shares. The previous buy backs where at much higher prices so really a waste of capital. Divi…

  in Apple adds $50B to capital return program, increases quarterly dividend by 10% Comment by applejakes April 2016
• At the current P/E, and it would be the same or less IMO, the price of the stock would be $104 without the buyback. Anybody complaining about the buyback obviously isn't in this for the long run.

  in Apple, Inc snatches up $14 billion of its own shares in massive Q4 buyback surge Comment by applejakes October 2015
• radarthekat wrote: » The real reason investors should love buybacks is that it removes unproductive excess cash from the balance sheet. Lets look at Apple, with a $650 billion market cap and $200 billon of cash and equivalents on the books. A doll…

  in Apple, Inc snatches up $14 billion of its own shares in massive Q4 buyback surge Comment by applejakes October 2015
• gadgetcanadav2 wrote: » Just buy AMC and HBO....millions of built-in fans....done Great idea. I would also float buying 21st Century Fox. Gives you access to TV, movies, original programming, sports, etc.

  in Apple eyes move into original video programming, report says Comment by applejakes August 2015
• But there is no SEC rule of buying back, say, 95% of outstanding shares is there?

  in Apple sells 47.5M iPhones in record-breaking Q3, revenue jumps 33% to $49.6B Comment by applejakes July 2015
• I just look at it as supply vs. demand. Take away some of the supply(shares) and the demand(price, P/E) goes up. Assuming earnings and EPS continue to improve. As a long I'm ok with the pps remaining static right now. That is more of the supply …

  in Apple Inc. shares approach ex-dividend as it gears up to distribute $2.7 billion to shareholders Comment by applejakes May 2015
• New to the board so forgive my ignorance. Apple is going to distribute 2.7B in dividends. That equates to 5.3B shares. Current float is 5.76B shares. Am I missing something or have they already bought back a significant amount of shares in a wee…

  in Apple Inc. shares approach ex-dividend as it gears up to distribute $2.7 billion to shareholders Comment by applejakes May 2015