diff --git a/src/app/anchor.coffee b/src/app/anchor.coffee
index 689216e6e..676d3e97f 100644
--- a/src/app/anchor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/anchor.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 Point = require 'point'
+EventEmitter = require 'event-emitter'
+_ = require 'underscore'
 
 module.exports =
 class Anchor
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ class Anchor
       newColumn = position.column
       newRow += position.row - oldRange.end.row
 
-    @setBufferPosition [newRow, newColumn]
+    @setBufferPosition([newRow, newColumn], bufferChange: true)
 
   getBufferPosition: ->
     @bufferPosition
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ class Anchor
     @screenPosition
 
   setScreenPosition: (position, options={}) ->
+    previousScreenPosition = @screenPosition
     @screenPosition = Point.fromObject(position)
     clip = options.clip ? true
     assignBufferPosition = options.assignBufferPosition ? true
@@ -46,7 +49,11 @@ class Anchor
     Object.freeze @screenPosition
     Object.freeze @bufferPosition
 
-  refreshScreenPosition: (options) ->
-    screenPosition = @editSession.screenPositionForBufferPosition(@bufferPosition, options)
-    @setScreenPosition(screenPosition, clip: false, assignBufferPosition: false)
+    unless @screenPosition.isEqual(previousScreenPosition)
+      @trigger 'change-screen-position', @screenPosition, bufferChange: options.bufferChange
 
+  refreshScreenPosition: (options={}) ->
+    screenPosition = @editSession.screenPositionForBufferPosition(@bufferPosition, options)
+    @setScreenPosition(screenPosition, bufferChange: options.bufferChange, clip: false, assignBufferPosition: false)
+
+_.extend(Anchor.prototype, EventEmitter)
diff --git a/src/app/cursor.coffee b/src/app/cursor.coffee
index 7db99eb49..9596280fe 100644
--- a/src/app/cursor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/cursor.coffee
@@ -12,28 +12,28 @@ class Cursor
   wordRegex: /(\w+)|([^\w\s]+)/g
 
   constructor: ({@editSession, screenPosition, bufferPosition}) ->
-    @anchor = new Anchor(@editSession)
+    @anchor = @editSession.addAnchor()
+    @anchor.on 'change-screen-position', (args...) => @trigger 'change-screen-position', args...
     @setScreenPosition(screenPosition) if screenPosition
     @setBufferPosition(bufferPosition) if bufferPosition
 
   destroy: ->
+    @editSession.removeAnchor(@anchor)
     @editSession.removeCursor(this)
     @trigger 'destroy'
 
   setScreenPosition: (screenPosition, options) ->
-    @anchor.setScreenPosition(screenPosition, options)
     @goalColumn = null
     @clearSelection()
-    @trigger 'change-screen-position', @getScreenPosition(), bufferChange: false
+    @anchor.setScreenPosition(screenPosition, options)
 
   getScreenPosition: ->
     @anchor.getScreenPosition()
 
   setBufferPosition: (bufferPosition, options) ->
-    @anchor.setBufferPosition(bufferPosition, options)
     @goalColumn = null
     @clearSelection()
-    @trigger 'change-screen-position', @getScreenPosition(), bufferChange: false
+    @anchor.setBufferPosition(bufferPosition, options)
 
   getBufferPosition: ->
     @anchor.getBufferPosition()
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@ class Cursor
 
   refreshScreenPosition: ->
     @anchor.refreshScreenPosition()
-    @trigger 'change-screen-position', @getScreenPosition(), bufferChange: false
-
-  handleBufferChange: (e) ->
-    @anchor.handleBufferChange(e)
-    @trigger 'change-screen-position', @getScreenPosition(), bufferChange: true
 
   moveUp: ->
     { row, column } = @getScreenPosition()
diff --git a/src/app/edit-session.coffee b/src/app/edit-session.coffee
index d505e515f..db90fa96c 100644
--- a/src/app/edit-session.coffee
+++ b/src/app/edit-session.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Point = require 'point'
 Buffer = require 'buffer'
+Anchor = require 'anchor'
 DisplayBuffer = require 'display-buffer'
 Cursor = require 'cursor'
 Selection = require 'selection'
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ class EditSession
   scrollTop: 0
   scrollLeft: 0
   displayBuffer: null
+  anchors: null
   cursors: null
   selections: null
   autoIndent: true
@@ -31,17 +33,19 @@ class EditSession
     @softTabs ?= true
     @displayBuffer = new DisplayBuffer(@buffer, { @tabText })
     @tokenizedBuffer = @displayBuffer.tokenizedBuffer
+    @anchors = []
     @cursors = []
     @selections = []
     @addCursorAtScreenPosition([0, 0])
 
     @buffer.on "change.edit-session-#{@id}", (e) =>
-      for selection in @getSelections()
-        selection.handleBufferChange(e)
+      anchor.handleBufferChange(e) for anchor in @getAnchors()
+      @mergeCursors()
 
     @displayBuffer.on "change.edit-session-#{@id}", (e) =>
       @trigger 'screen-lines-change', e
-      @moveCursors (cursor) -> cursor.refreshScreenPosition() unless e.bufferChanged
+      unless e.bufferChanged
+        anchor.refreshScreenPosition() for anchor in @getAnchors()
 
   destroy: ->
     @buffer.off ".edit-session-#{@id}"
@@ -227,6 +231,17 @@ class EditSession
     fn(selection) for selection in selections
     @buffer.endUndoBatch(@getSelectedBufferRanges())
 
+  getAnchors: ->
+    new Array(@anchors...)
+
+  addAnchor: ->
+    anchor = new Anchor(this)
+    @anchors.push(anchor)
+    anchor
+
+  removeAnchor: (anchor) ->
+    _.remove(@anchors, anchor)
+
   getCursors: -> new Array(@cursors...)
 
   getCursor: (index=0) ->
diff --git a/src/app/point.coffee b/src/app/point.coffee
index ab7991dea..27d68188e 100644
--- a/src/app/point.coffee
+++ b/src/app/point.coffee
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class Point
         0
 
   isEqual: (other) ->
+    return false unless other
     other = Point.fromObject(other)
     @row == other.row and @column == other.column
 
diff --git a/src/app/selection.coffee b/src/app/selection.coffee
index 0cacf5a08..2569a3a27 100644
--- a/src/app/selection.coffee
+++ b/src/app/selection.coffee
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ class Selection
     @editSession.buffer.getTextInRange(@getBufferRange())
 
   clear: ->
-    @modifyScreenRange => @anchor = null
+    @modifyScreenRange =>
+      @editSession.removeAnchor(@anchor)
+      @anchor = null
 
   selectWord: ->
     @setBufferRange(@cursor.getCurrentWordBufferRange())
@@ -209,11 +211,6 @@ class Selection
   autoOutdent: ->
     @editSession.autoOutdentBufferRow(@cursor.getBufferRow())
 
-  handleBufferChange: (e) ->
-    @modifyScreenRange =>
-      @anchor?.handleBufferChange(e)
-      @cursor.handleBufferChange(e)
-
   modifySelection: (fn) ->
     @retainSelection = true
     @view?.retainSelection = true
@@ -229,7 +226,7 @@ class Selection
     @trigger 'change-screen-range', newScreenRange unless oldScreenRange.isEqual(newScreenRange)
 
   placeAnchor: ->
-    @anchor = new Anchor(@editSession)
+    @anchor = @editSession.addAnchor()
     @anchor.setScreenPosition(@cursor.getScreenPosition())
 
   intersectsBufferRange: (bufferRange) ->