Diamonds and Dogs

8/12/20

Stock splits are the new rage. Tesla (TSLA) is jumping 13% after announcing a five for one stock split. Mathematically, splits don't matter, but Apple and Tesla have seen their stocks perform well since announcing splits.This may spur other companies to consider doing the same. There are 13 stocks in the S&P 500 with prices above $500 a share and 29 total U.S. stocks with prices above $500 a share.

One Covid stock taking a hit. Biotech, Novavax (NVAX) is down 15% as the company missed eanings estimates the other day as many experts remain uncertain about whether their vaccine will be successful and beat the multiple other candidates to market. The good news for shareholders from eight months ago, the stock is still up 3,000% for the year.

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