Objective pros and cons for stock buybacks from The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/your-money/buybacks-by-companies-like-apple-may-signal-danger-not-growth.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Fbusiness-strategies&action=click&contentCollection=business®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=collection