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Tesla stock splitting 5/1

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  • KlausK Offline
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    Klaus
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    I don't quite get the commotion over stock splits. Except for the silly idiosyncratic definition of the Dow Jones, which takes absolute values and not market cap into account, stock splits shouldn't matter at all.

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    • HoraceH Offline
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      Horace
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      #4

      they wouldn't in a perfectly rational market. But those don't exist.

      Education is extremely important.

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        #5

        TDAmeritrade's trading software has updated aapl's price to reflect the post-split reduction. But they haven't yet updated the number of shares. Sad looking numbers right now.

        I guess TDAmeritrade has control over when to impose the share increase (as long as it's before open Monday) while the price decrease is handled by some other entity.

        Option strike prices haven't been converted yet either, I suppose that may be controlled by yet a third entity. Everybody has a deadline of market open tomorrow.

        Education is extremely important.

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          Price comes from exchanges 'corporate actions' come from DTCC, not surprised they are slightly out of sync.

          Only non-witches get due process.

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            @Klaus Even for the Dow it shouldn't matter as they adjust for splits.

            Only non-witches get due process.

            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

              @Klaus Even for the Dow it shouldn't matter as they adjust for splits.

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              @jon-nyc Do they? I vaguely remember that the weight of a stock in the DJ is determined by the absolute value for one stock.

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                The value of the index is the sum of the stock prices of the companies included in the index, divided by a factor which is currently (as of June 2020) approximately 0.1458. The factor is changed whenever a constituent company undergoes a stock split so that the value of the index is unaffected by the stock split.

                OK, so if a stock split occurs, the weight of the company in the DJ changes and all index funds etc. have to reshuffle their composition. Silly.

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                  But they don't have to change their composition. The index change matches the split perfectly. So if you needed X shares of TSLA before the split, you'll need 5x after.

                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                    @jon-nyc Do they? I vaguely remember that the weight of a stock in the DJ is determined by the absolute value for one stock.

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                    @Klaus said in Tesla stock splitting 5/1:

                    @jon-nyc Do they? I vaguely remember that the weight of a stock in the DJ is determined by the absolute value for one stock.

                    It is, but they adjust for splits.

                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                      But they don't have to change their composition. The index change matches the split perfectly. So if you needed X shares of TSLA before the split, you'll need 5x after.

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                      @jon-nyc said in Tesla stock splitting 5/1:

                      But they don't have to change their composition. The index change matches the split perfectly. So if you needed X shares of TSLA before the split, you'll need 5x after.

                      Not if the index is computed as I quoted above (which is from Wikipedia).

                      If the stock prices are s1 to s30, then the index value is computed as
                      (s1+...+s30)/0.1458. Now if, say, s1 is split by two, then the factor is adjusted such that the split doesn't change the value of the index (that is, solve (0.5*s1 + s2 + ... + s30) / newFactor = (s1+...+s30)/0.1458 ), but still the weight of s1 is halved, so an index funds would have to sell half of it's s1 assets.

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                      • HoraceH Horace

                        Do own any 89th?

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                        @Horace said in Tesla stock splitting 5/1:

                        Do own any 89th?

                        Yeah I bought 6 shares near the start of 2020, and am up about 190% since then. 🤷‍♂️

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                          Nice.

                          Education is extremely important.

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