Two industry-leading businesses are ideally positioned to announce and complete their respective first-ever splits.

The split for Microsoft could come at a lower price than comparable stocks. Admittedly, it might be presumptuous to say that Microsoft is the next stock split. Many stocks are soaring to very high ...

Walmart (WMT) investors are gearing up for a stock split. For the 12th time in 50 years, Walmart will conduct a stock split in an effort to make shares more affordable for its employees. Walmart last ...

Thomas J. Brock is a CFA and CPA with more than 20 years of experience in various areas including investing, insurance portfolio management, finance and accounting, personal investment and financial ...

Being able to do the splits is a remarkable feat. If you're not quite bendy enough to strike the pose (it me), you might think the splits are reserved for a select few elite. Don't count yourself out ...

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

A stock split is when a company decides to increase the number of shares by dividing its existing shares into additional shares. Stock splits don't provide any economic value to the company. They just ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Catherine Brock covers personal finance and investing. Apple (AAPL) is the second-largest company (by market cap) in the world and ...

As a former claims handler and fraud investigator, Jason Metz has worked on a multitude of complex and multifaceted claims. The insurance industry can be seemingly opaque, and Jason enjoys breaking ...

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A split-level house is a single-family home with multiple stories that are staggered, rather than stacked on top of one another. Each floor doesn’t run the full length of the house, so split-level ...