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Re:Buybacks at $46B a Month Dwarf Everything in U.S. Market ... by JDDunn9 on Monday April 04, 2016 @01:09PM (#11423517)
The net present value takes into account the difference between payment today and payment tomorrow.

The ex-dividend rate is an implementation flaw that makes the stock price discontinuous at the dividend date. If dividends were pro-rata it would not be.

I never said markets were perfectly efficient.

You didn't think through your answer very hard did you? ;)

Re:Buybacks at $46B a Month Dwarf Everything in U.S. Market ... by phyalow on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @09:34AM (#11430199)
I think we are going to continue disagreeing. You seem to enjoy Finance so I would encourage you to learn more about it for your own benefit.