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 ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, or DJIA for short, is America’s oldest stock index and one of the most popular bellwether indicators followed by market analysts and investors. Comprising just 30 ...

Sometimes companies choose to split their stock in order to make their shares more accessible. Stock splits do not change the market value of a company. Microsoft has not completed a stock split in ...

Stock splits can create a windfall for investors whenever they're announced, and even just the prospect of one can lift prices. Stocks like Comfort Systems (NYSE:FIX), Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ ...

Stock splits usually give you many more shares. But the total value of your stake in the company won't change much. There are more important considerations than stock splits, when you're stock-hunting ...

A top chip analyst predicts a near-term peak in spending on computing. Also, stocks are rocketing after split announcements. Here’s who might be next. This transcript was prepared by a transcription ...

Palantir stock has been a huge winner since the company went public in September 2020. The company has yet to complete a stock split. Palantir stock would likely need to go significantly higher before ...

A standard stock split will increase the number of shares you own -- while decreasing the value of each share, proportionately. That last bit in italics is important, because it explains why stock ...