{"id":109599,"date":"2017-07-25T10:34:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T14:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=109599"},"modified":"2017-07-25T07:35:06","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T11:35:06","slug":"stock-splits-win-or-die-trying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2017\/07\/stock-splits-win-or-die-trying\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock Splits: Win or Die Trying"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-1714999238\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">July 25, 2017<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/WallStreetDaily.com\/\"><u>WallStreetDaily.com<\/u><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-home-th size-home-th wp-post-image\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear: both;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/wallstreetdailywebsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/0717_stocksplists_feature.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/wallstreetdailywebsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/0717_stocksplists_feature.jpg 580w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/wallstreetdailywebsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/0717_stocksplists_feature-300x155.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Stock Splits: Win or Die Trying\" width=\"580\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apple eyes the finish line.<\/li>\n<li>Amazon has a trick up its sleeve.<\/li>\n<li>Who wins the race to a trillion?<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pro.agorafinancial.com\/m\/718236\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Also recommended: Amazon\u2019s next \u201cmark\u201d?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Apple is in an epic drag race with Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a race of historical significance, too.<\/p>\n<p>At stake is the title of \u201cfirst trillion-dollar company in world history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As it stands right now\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Apple is winning by a score of $788 billion to $494 billion.<\/p><div id=\"inves-323382570\" class=\"inves-in-content inves-entity-placement\"><hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads_header\">\r\n<p style=\"font-size:10px; float:left; color:#666;\">Free Reports:<\/p><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads\"> \r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/graph_techs_PD.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t     <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><b><u>Get Our Free Metatrader 4 Indicators<\/u><\/b><\/a> - Put Our Free MetaTrader 4 Custom Indicators on your charts when you join our Weekly Newsletter<\/p><br><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cot_pie_80.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><b><u>Get our Weekly Commitment of Traders Reports<\/u><\/b><\/a> - See where the biggest traders (Hedge Funds and Commercial Hedgers) are positioned in the futures markets on a weekly basis.<\/p><br><br>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<br><\/div>\n<p>The $304-billion differential could be the result of Apple\u2019s 7-for1 stock split three years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Let me explain\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s stock has split four times since the company went public:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The stock split on a 2-for-1 basis on June 16, 1987.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The stock split on a 2-for-1 basis on June 21, 2000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The stock split on a 2-for-1 basis on Feb. 28, 2005.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The stock split on a 7-for-1 basis on June 9, 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yet Amazon\u2019s stock has split only three times since going public:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The stock split on a 2-for1 basis on June 2, 1998.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The stock split on a 3-for-1 basis on Jan. 5, 1999.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The stock split on a 2-for-1 basis on Sept. 2, 1999.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By virtue of its ambitious 7-for-1 split three years ago, Apple strategically made its shares much more attractive to investors. (The perception of being cheap has a psychological impact on investors.)<\/p>\n<p>Now it\u2019s Amazon\u2019s move.<\/p>\n<p>With shares running north of $1,000, will Amazon steal a page from Apple\u2019s playbook and announce a similarly aggressive split? And if so, should you front-run the announcement?<\/p>\n<p>The timing for a major split to happen feels perfect.<\/p>\n<p>So I asked my senior analyst, Martin Hutchinson, to unpack stock splits for us.<\/p>\n<p>Hutch\u2019s full analysis is below.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the tape,<\/p>\n<p>Louis Basenese<br \/>\nChief Investment Strategist, <em>Wall Street Daily<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"centered\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallstreetdaily.com\/2017\/05\/01\/six-stocks-headed-splitsville\/#video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/wallstreetdailywebsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/martinhutchinsoninterview.png\" alt=\"Martin Hutchinson interview\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallstreetdaily.com\/2017\/07\/25\/stock-splits-win-die-trying\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Stock Splits: Win or Die Trying<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallstreetdaily.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wall Street Daily<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By WallStreetDaily.com Apple eyes the finish line. Amazon has a trick up its sleeve. Who wins the race to a trillion? Also recommended: Amazon\u2019s next \u201cmark\u201d? Apple is in an epic drag race with Amazon. It\u2019s a race of historical significance, too. At stake is the title of \u201cfirst trillion-dollar company in world history.\u201d As [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109599"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109610,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109599\/revisions\/109610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}