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 ...

Stock splits provide an opportunity to make a company's shares more accessible to smaller investors with limited capital. While they are less important in today's age of zero-cost trading and ...

Costco (NASDAQ:COST | COST Price Prediction) delivered the proverbial mixed bag earnings report, beating Wall Street estimates on the bottom line, but missing sales projections. While the warehouse ...

Stock splits are ultimately useless in determining the long-term, fundamental value of a business. Even so, investors and the markets like them as they imply a bullish hint at continued growth. The ...

There are two types of stock splits: forward stock splits and reverse stock splits. Both are ways for companies to adjust their share prices and number of outstanding shares, just in different ...

February 11 - Kraft Heinz (KHC.O), opens new tab on Wednesday halted plans to split into two, joining a small list of companies to backtrack on major corporate restructuring. In September, it ...