CNBC Squawk Box December 24, 2013
Years. Companies are showering cash on shareholders. S p 500 companies bought back more than 128 billion of their own shares in the third quarter. Thats the highest level since the Fourth Quarter back in 2007. If you combine buybackes and dividends, you get a total of 207 billion. Thats just in the third quarter. Take a look at the futures right now and see how markets are setting themselves up for the morning. We have some green arrows again. The dow looking like it would open up about 30 points higher, nasdaq looking like it would open higher. We have more on the markets in just a few minute...