joe: here to discuss all of these things, jim keenan, the blackrock head of u.s. credit, editor,mberg stock michael reagan. thank you for joining us. something else the caught my eye were the buybacks coming in today. talking about the announced buyback of 50% this year, seems like a big number. if you dig deeper now may be a distinction between announced back -- buybacks and completed buybacks. it will not be trivial in the market and turn out to be not that big of a deal. >> it is this kind of shell game that some companies play and then you look act a few years later and they did not really purchase that much. they get an authorization for that, but what the strategist at barclays are saying is that announced the buybacks are actually good for the stock, completed buybacks are better. that the big jump in announced buybacks is basically due to a couple of big names. ge announced a plan to buy back as much as $50 billion in stock, but in 2015 they will only buy back about 8 billion. he is saying that this boom is not necessarily going to buybacks thisted year. o

here to discuss is jim keenan. marcooomberg stock editor reagan. thank you for joining us. caught mything that eye were buybacks. we have seen a lot coming into the markets. talking about the announced buyback, 50% up this year. seems like a big number. if you dig deeper than may be they made the distinction between buybacks and completed buybacks. you are looking at six, 7%. guest: it is almost a shell game that some play if they want to where you announce i'm going to buy back $10 billion of shares. the board has approved that much. then you look back and they didn't really purchase that much. they get an authorization for that. saying, strategists was they are good for the stock, completed buybacks are better for the stock. jump is due the big to a couple of big names. ge announced a plan to buy back as much as $50 billion. for 2015 they are going to buy back 8 billion. he is saying it is not necessarily going to translate into completed buybacks. one of the fascinating data points he pointed out, if you add up dividends and buybacks, they are paying out more than they a

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