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To: DJ Oglesby who wrote (7762)	4/29/1999 2:34:00 PM
From: DiB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19700

DJ, you are correct, sir. More shares issued mean dillution of your piece of the company.

To: DJ Oglesby who wrote (7762)	4/29/1999 3:54:00 PM
From: Ken	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 19700

>> I've never understood why they often cause share prices to spike. Yeah. It really has gotten crazy. I guess its more a matter of mass psychology than anything else because a split does not increase or decrease the value of a company. However, a split announcement drives prices higher, which in effect increases the value of a company. Crazy. And I am "split" on the analogy :) I find it vague to compare the division of a physical entity of which there is limited supply (cutting a pie) to an accounting activity (splitting a stock). By splitting, a company is overcoming the "limited" supply aspect of reality (I realize there is a new "limited" supply, but a stock can split infinitely, in theory)