Dr David L. Ikenberry, INSEAD The rate of capital investment spending by public US corporations has fallen by almost half since the mid-1970s, while both shareholder payouts and cash holdings have been increasing. This is despite the fact that the q ratio, a measure of investment opportunities, has nearly quintupled. We shed light on this […]
MoneyWeek: Trading techniques ~ Stock splits
MoneyWeek By: Dr. Matthew Partridge Stock splits occur when a company decides to replace (or “split”) existing shares with multiple shares. For example, in a two-for-one split, current shareowners will have their shares replaced with two new ones… …The evidence suggests that investors can indeed make money by buying shares that have just split. For […]