How can you truly tell a company is buying back their shares??

[SunTrader]

Buy a Toyota anywhere in the U.S. and Toyota, Japan, wholly owned Toyota America and the dealer get a piece ................ except in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and here in Florida - you have to include Southeast Toyota (wholly owned by World Omni Financial Corp) and exclude Toyota America.

As far as I know the only privately wholly owned distribution company that is in between the manufacturer and dealer that is not owned, even partially, by the manufacturer.

Nevermind ... posted this here yesterday intended for another topic.

 

[Nobert]

How does this happen?

 

[JonLivingston]

Ah lol - that simple. That's a good one I remind myself from time to time. Thanks for linking

 

[Nobert]

Ah lol - that simple. That's a good one I remind myself from time to time. Thanks for linking

I just realized that it wasn't about what you asked, my bad.

Sell orders on pre market or after hours when vol is low can have a huge impact.

 

[vanzandt]

Yes, I know the board of directors has authorized the amount they can buy back.

Just wondering if traders can pick up signs that the company is buying back, before the next quarter release??

Are there any clues you can spot...

As a rule of thumb, no. Sometimes you'll see it right after a company reports a bad quarter in the after hours or in the pre-market... it'll look like a ruler-job on the chart at a certain price level.... they'll put a floor underneath it so it doesn't get too battered too soon and trigger further selling. You'll see it quite a bit on the Dow type blue-chips

Other than that, it's like you said, they'll post how many and at what price they paid in their next report. If any. There's no rule saying they have to spend that money. I think sometimes companies just say it with no intention of ever doing it because it sounds good.

 

[JonLivingston]

Sell orders on pre market or after hours when vol is low can have a huge impact.

Thanks. Do you have an example for this?

 

[Nobert]

Thanks. Do you have an example for this?

Friday. 70% gap down in pre hours.
Had a pleasure to live it-through, had, a long in it.

News about the event showed up only on Saturday.
Dunno tho, maybe those were there already on Bloomberg terminal during the Friday.

The position is still open, almost 2 years. Was in the green recently, back from 80%, not closing yet. ,,Principles''
Insignificant for my portfolio atm.

The irony. I opened it based on TA. Now i do mostly FA. A step back in time. Maybe i should leave it, like permanently open for 30 ~ 50 years.

The broker would be like ,,What da heck, did this guy forgot or smthn''
(it would be the last remaining positions in that account and they don't charge inactivity fees)

 

[JonLivingston]

Friday. 70% gap down in pre hours.
Had a pleasure to live it-through, had, a long in it.

News about the event showed up only on Saturday.
Dunno tho, maybe those were there already on Bloomberg terminal during the Friday.

The position is still open, almost 2 years. Was in the green recently, back from 80%, not closing yet. ,,Principles''
Insignificant for my portfolio atm.

The irony. I opened it based on TA. Now i do mostly FA. A step back in time. Maybe i should leave it, like permanently open for 30 ~ 50 years.

The broker would be like ,,What da heck, did this guy forgot or smthn''
(it would be the last remaining positions in that account and they don't charge inactivity fees)

Very nice. Many thanks