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Stock Splits’ Exit Sends Average S&P 500 Price to Record Stock splits, enticements to investors in bull markets for decades, have been pushed to the brink of extinction by chief executive officers still recovering from the 2008 financial crisis. www.bloomberg.com
Facebook stock price bounces around after opening at $42 The most successful technology IPO in history roared to a start Friday morning, with sales of Facebook shares opening at $42, well above the pre-set price of $38. But the stock's price has gyrated since then. www.denverpost.com
U.S. Stock Futures Drop on Concern Over Spanish Debt U.S. stock futures fell, indicating the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will trim its biggest weekly advance in more than two months, amid concern Spain’s regional governments are having trouble with finances. www.bloomberg.com
Facebook closes just above $38 IPO price Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg took the company public on Friday but the stock price closed just barely above its IPO price as stock markets closed. ca.news.yahoo.com
Mutual fund news: Facebook, Bill Gross, Vanguard Invest for the long term and keep daily news in perspective. It's easy to get sucked into a negative mindset, with troubles at Facebook and JPMorgan Chase in the headlines. www.wxow.com
Facebook's price stays flat but trading sets record After opening at a price of $42.05, shares of Facebook's wildly anticipated initial public offering closed a mere 23 cents above its pre-set price of $38. www.denverpost.com
Daily Dividend Report: D, BAX, L, IP, ALV Dominion Resources Incorporated (D) maintained its quarterly dividend of 52.75 cents per share. The dividend is payable on June 20, 2012, to shareholders of record June 1, 2012. Investors can expect a yield of about 4.07% based on the current stock price. Shares are lower by 0.13 percent. In other dividend news, Baxter International Incorporated ... www.forbes.com
Apple Founder Wozniak Would Buy Facebook Stock at Any Price (Updates with comment from analyst in seventh paragraph.) May 14 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak said investors looking to make money should buy Facebook Inc. shares when the social networking site... www.sfgate.com
Daily Dividend Report: COST, UNP, DHR, COF, NWL Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) announced its quarterly dividend of 27.5 cents per share, an increase of about 15% over its prior dividend in February of 24 cents. The dividend will be payable on June 8, 2012, to stockholders of record on May 25, 2012. Investors can expect a yield of about 1.3 percent based on the current stock price. www.forbes.com
3 Small-Cap Stocks With Heavy Insider Buying As the market moved steadily higher throughout the fourth quarter of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012, insider buying slowed to a crawl and eventually ground to a halt. That's just how community.nasdaq.com
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