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Thursday, May 19th, 2011A Reverse Stock Split is…
Thursday, May 19th, 2011A reverse stock split is when a company adjusts the number of shares they have available to artificially increase the price per share. Technically, the shareholders don’t lose or gain any money when this happens, but the company buys itself some time to rebound from an economic drop.
The easiest way to explain reverse stock splits is with an example. Let’s say you own 100 shares of Apple stock, each worth $10. (For the record, AAPL is nowhere near that cheap in real life.) Unfortunately, Apple is suddenly hit hard by the recession – nobody’s buying iThings anymore – and the price of their stock falls to $0.50.
Apple knows that if their stock price remains under $1 for 30 days, it may be delisted from the NYSE. So in order to increase the price per share, Apple asks for a 10 to 1 reverse stock split. Suddenly, instead of having 100 shares worth $0.50 each, you have 10 shares worth $5 each.
In order to get from $0.50 to $5, you have to multiply $0.50 by 10. Imagine smooshing 10 of your $0.50 shares into one big ball of shares. Instead of 10, you now have one. And that one is worth $5.
You haven’t lost a penny. But Apple has just saved itself from being delisted.
First Impression Of The New iPhone: Negative
Thursday, July 15th, 2010Apple’s newest flashy iproduct might not be making quite the positive splash they’d hoped for…
- Consumer feedback has been harsh on the latest iPhone, reporting that when it is held a certain way reception is sketchy and calls are sometimes dropped.
- As a result, shares of Apple Inc. have dipped, leaving the company scrambling to issue software updates and attach a bumper accessory to fix the problem.
- Analysts, however, are doubtful that this blip in Apple stock will have any lasting effects. Apple products like the iPad and iPhone are still too widely popular to truly lower Apple’s stock valuation.
Best Quote
“Checks into Apple’s supply chain do not indicate slowdown in build plans or demand. But a greater focus on this issue could create risk to estimates.” – Shaw Wu, Analyst, Kaufman Bros.
Who’s looking at your trades?
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010This is a somewhat complicated question that depends largely on the situation you find yourself in. Much like the stock market or investment markets themselves, certain people are privy to certain types of information. But let’s say you bought a share of Microsoft (MSFT) yesterday. Who can see that you did that?
- On the most immediate level, you can. You can view your purchase in your account register.
- Your financial advisor or private banker can also see the trade because she or he has access to your account.
- Things start to get a bit impersonal here: theoretically, the bank or brokerage house that you are associated with can see that one more share of Microsoft was bought for one of their customers.
- The market will most likely not be affected with the purchase of your one share, but since it is technically the most recent sale, for a little while (we’re talking less than a second) your purchase will be the last visible sale of MSFT which is visible to anyone who is looking at MSFT at that moment.
The long and the short of it is that only you and your financial advisor/ institution can see that YOU personally bought a share of MSFT; the rest of the world can only see that one share of MSFT was bought by someone, somewhere. The identity of the purchaser is confidential information.