Smart investors are drawn to stock splits, not only because they make a company’s share price cheaper, but also because they tend to precede market-beating returns. Stocks that split have historically outperformed the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) by 13 percentage points during the year after the stock-split announcement. Over the last three years, Meta Platforms…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) first became the world’s biggest company based on market cap in September 1998. It stayed No. 1 for less than 18 months before being dethroned. But the software giant has clawed its way back to the top in 2025. I don’t think Microsoft’s reign will last very long this time, either. What’s…
Warren Buffett hasn’t been investing much lately. The multibillionaire has been a net seller of stocks for 10 consecutive quarters. He’s built a massive cash stockpile of nearly $348 billion for Berkshire Hathaway. This huge cash position prompted a question from a shareholder at Berkshire’s annual shareholder meeting in May. Buffett was asked if he…
