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ThinkstockInvestors have tracked the notion of stock splits for more than two generations now. The problem is that stock splits do not actually change the fundamentals of a company. Some investors...
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Jon OggOk, when indexes break (change) their rules they start setting investors up for serious disappointment and confusion down the road. S&P Dow Jones Indices has announced a revised treatment...
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Jon OggMasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA) is getting smart about having a ridiculously high nominal stock price. The credit card processing giant has announced the approval of a 10-for-1 stock split. When...
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Jon OggWith stocks within a few percentage points of all-time highs and with the stocks in a confirmed bull market, we wanted to consider the effect of stock splits in a time when market...
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Jon OggStock splits have long been cheered by the investing community. After all, this gives retail investors the chance to get back in a stock at a more reasonable share price. You may recall the...
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ThinkstockCerner Inc. (NASDAQ: CERN) is acting like the stock market is back to 1999 or 2000 all over again. Now that the healthcare solutions provider’s shares are up more than 20% so far in 2013...
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Jon OggThe corporate governance exercise of a stock split to increase the number of shares and to lower the share price should theoretically have no impact on how the investment community evaluates...
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Jon OggInvestors love dividends. This one investing component has comprised a major portion of total returns through time. The trend in recent years has been for companies to pay dividends and keep...
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ThinkstockConsumer products giant Colgate-Palmolive Co. (NYSE: CL) announced a two-for-one stock split and a 10% dividend hike before markets opened this morning. Both the stock split and the higher...
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courtesy of AppleApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has long been criticized over its ridiculously high share price. With all of the pressure and media coverage that has been coming from activist investor...
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Thinkstock3D printing company 3D Systems Corp. (NYSE: DDD) held its planned 3-for-2 stock split this morning, and the company’s shares are trading slightly below the split price in premarket...
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Jon OggThis last week sure felt like a long week in the market, although it was only a four-day week. We saw several key dividend announcements from some great American companies. Some of the higher...
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Wikimedia CommonsNike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) is throwing up everything it can to help its share price now that the trajectory is no longer straight up. The company announced that it has approved a...
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Today marks the closing of the $32 billion merger between Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK) and Progress Energy. Duke initiated a one-for-three reverse stock split at the same time and the former CEO of...
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Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is hosting its annual shareholder meeting today at 2:00 PM local time (5:00 PM EST). Investors should really consider something here: today’s annual shareholder meeting...
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