> If the company sees its stock rising, it can and should... absorb some of it through a stock sale That's ultimately down to the incentives in place. If the b

> If the company sees its stock rising, it can and should... absorb some of it through a stock sale That's ultimately down to the incentives in place. If the board members have a lot of options in their compensation package, they might prefer to see the stock price climb and climb. In fact if the incentives are set up that way they might do a buyback to help fuel the rise, even at the cost of longer-term harm to the company.