What Is a Stock Split?

More shares, lower price, same value. How a stock split works, an illustrative 4-for-1 example, why companies do it, and how a reverse split works the other way.

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Why Bond Prices Fall When Interest Rates Rise

It sounds backwards. An illustrative example of how an existing bond's price adjusts when new bonds start paying more, why bonds with more years left move more, and what it means if you hold to the end or own a bond fund.

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