Why Amazon and Alphabet may need to split their high-priced stocks

CNN2021-05-05

New York (CNN Business)Amazon and Google owner Alphabet are two of the most valuable companies on the planet. They dominate their industries, generate tons of cash and are obscenely profitable. Yet ...

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ParableTalen
2021-05-05
ParableTalen
One reason they don't need to split because they don't need more cash from stakeholders too.
Ktkw
2021-05-05
Ktkw
Should be good
Psi
2021-05-05
Psi
Good
Eded
2021-05-05
Eded
With stock spilts , we can buy more and cheaper . Let say commission is 1.99 here , 9.44and 15 elsewhere , average cost will be cheaper per share, with commission shared among lots . Please like and comment
- ckww:
  Agree too
edamame
2021-05-05
edamame
Is this good time to buy??
- edamame:
  well noted ?
- ParableTalen:
  nobody can say that for sure.
KeithNiceGuy
2021-05-05
KeithNiceGuy
Means will they be cheaper????Please. Like and comment please [財迷]
- Huathk:
  Gs

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Please like and comment","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/102841447","repostId":1106669817,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":4229084,"gmtCreate":1620202789377,"gmtModify":1680787087507,"authorId":3581586523786578,"author":{"id":3581586523786578,"idStr":"3581586523786578","authorId":3581586523786578,"name":"ckww","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/bc2cc1ef6533d547201ce880e7c04b9c","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":102841447,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"Agree <u>too</u>","text":"Agree <u>too</u>","html":"Agree <u>too</u>"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":102855124,"gmtCreate":1620198269368,"gmtModify":1704340079865,"author":{"id":"3581982441889617","authorId":"3581982441889617","name":"edamame","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/63449ce6bfbebf6849034560328a7d39","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3581982441889617","authorIdStr":"3581982441889617"},"htmlText":"Is this good time to buy??","listText":"Is this good time to buy??","text":"Is this good time to buy??","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":2,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/102855124","repostId":1106669817,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":4231802,"gmtCreate":1620224197422,"gmtModify":1680787139221,"authorId":3581982441889617,"author":{"id":3581982441889617,"idStr":"3581982441889617","authorId":3581982441889617,"name":"edamame","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/63449ce6bfbebf6849034560328a7d39","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":102855124,"type":1,"supId":4229466,"prevId":0,"content":"well noted ?","text":"well noted ?","html":"well noted ?"},{"id":4229466,"gmtCreate":1620206202111,"gmtModify":1680787096030,"authorId":3580300192386766,"author":{"id":3580300192386766,"idStr":"3580300192386766","authorId":3580300192386766,"name":"ParableTalen","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/94daa928259bc550d0ee26f23a953bb8","vip":1,"currentWearingBadge":{"badgeId":"44212b71d0be4ec88898348dbe882e03-1","templateUuid":"44212b71d0be4ec88898348dbe882e03","name":"Boss Tiger","description":"The transaction amount of the securities account reaches $100,000","bigImgUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c8dfc27c1ee0e25db1c93e9d0b641101","smallImgUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/f43908c142f8a33c78f5bdf0e2897488","grayImgUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/82165ff19cb8a786e8919f92acee5213","redirectLinkEnabled":0,"hasAllocated":1,"isWearing":1,"stampPosition":0,"hasStamp":0,"allocationCount":1,"allocatedDate":"2023.07.20","exceedPercentage":"60.60%","individualDisplayEnabled":0,"individualDisplaySort":0,"categoryType":1101},"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":102855124,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"nobody can say that for sure.","text":"nobody can say that for sure.","html":"nobody can say that for sure."}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":102827120,"gmtCreate":1620196646260,"gmtModify":1704340068222,"author":{"id":"3574833990489635","authorId":"3574833990489635","name":"KeithNiceGuy","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/3183eac9d370d88be15f4489b9061f88","vip":1,"hat":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/0a8758340a08196056f8bc1e54805193","crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"3574833990489635","authorIdStr":"3574833990489635"},"htmlText":"Means will they be cheaper????Please. 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