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 ...

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 ...