> can be realized via dividends or the sale of the company. Keep reading my comment. Share buybacks are another way of returning cash to shareholders. > invol

> can be realized via dividends or the sale of the company. Keep reading my comment. Share buybacks are another way of returning cash to shareholders. > involving the general public in stock ownership is a new thing, it really is new ground to cover. There have been discount brokerages for 50 years now. I guess that's "new" as compared to how long there has been money, but I don't know that it's "new" in the sense that we can't determine whether buybacks do have the effect of returning cash to shareholders (they do). Share buybacks have been allowed since 1934.