To The Moon

Like other technology behemoths, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is slumping this year, but that doesn’t mean th

* Banks have biggest percent gain in 18 months* Citigroup jumps after results* S&P, Dow end five-day losing streaks* Retail sales beats estimates* Indexes up: Dow 2.15%, S&P 1.92%, Nasdaq 1.79%U.S. st

Investors bought stocks in one sector, in particular, as part of the Dow's relief rally today.

You will see that Monday morning with shares ofAlphabet.But don’t get too excited. In this case, $113 = $2,260.That’s impossible, of course. So what’s going on?Stock splits do tend to attract investors. I closely monitor buying pressure in stocks as it is a sizable chunk of my quantitative analysis, so I do follow splits closely.Stocks also usually get at least a minor bump. Over the last five years, stocks that split are up one year later 61% of the time, according to the folks at Bespoke. But