IBM has approximately US$3.8 billion remaining on its current share buy-back plan. Over the last two years, the company has averaged about $4 billion per year in share repurchases .
IBM annual yield is now running at around 3.70% or equivalent to US$6.00, that’s well above US Treasuries.
Our Algo Engine generated a buy signal at around $155 back in September last year. Since then, the stock rallied to $183 before last week’s disappointing earnings result caused the stock to sell-off. The price structure looks like we may see a retest of the $150 support level in the near -term.