What Is a Stock Split?
What doubled was the count of your shares, not their value.
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1.Your shares double after a split. Are you richer?
What doubled was the count of your shares, not their value.
2.Marge owns 1 of 4 slices. The slices are halved to 8. What does she hold?
The slices got smaller, and she got more of them.
3.100 shares at 100 do a two-for-one split. What is the new price per share?
Twice as many shares share one total, so each is worth about half.
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