Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, economics, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) and has ...

Public companies are always happy when their stock prices rise. But sometimes a company is so successful that its stock price rises too high. For that reason, it may implement a stock split. A stock ...

Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

After the dot-com bust, the company then known as Priceline executed a 1-for-6 reverse split to avoid delisting. The 25-for-1 forward split mirrors that dark chapter in reverse, reflecting a company ...

The Google stock split was controversial by many investors’ standards. Here, we explain what the Google stock split was, how it impacted share prices and whether there will be another one in the ...

A stock split happens when a company's board of directors divides its stock in order to increase total number of shares outstanding. When this happens, a single share reduces in market value as it now ...

Netflix stock split announcement will keep the focus on the company’s share price. There are three key dates for Netflix shareholders to keep note of — Record date, Date when shares get credited, and ...

A stock split divides each share of a company's stock into multiple shares. A stock split increases the total number of shares each investor owns by a specified multiple, but it does not change each ...