S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes hit record highs on August 26, soon after market opens following upbeat quarterly results from Salesforce and HP Enterprise as investors bought into tech-related stocks that have thrived during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Earlier Apple and Tesla announces the stock split which is going to happen on Auguest 27 and Auguest 31 respectively. Apple supposed to split on 4:1 ration whereas Tesla would be splitting the shares into 5:1.

What are specifics of Apple (AAPL) stock split ?

On August 31, 2020, Apple (AAPL) will be conducting a 4-for-1 Forward Stock Split. Forward Stock Splits decrease the price per share of a stock by increasing the amount of total shares trading on the market, without changing the value of an investor’s total position.

That means, on Monday, August 31, 2020, you will own 4 times as many AAPL shares than you did at the end of the day on Friday, August 28, 2020. However, the price per share of AAPL stock will decrease accordingly (divided by 4).

What are specifics of Tesla (TSLA) stock split ?

On August 31, 2020, Tesla (TSLA) will be conducting a 5-for-1 Forward Stock Split. Forward Stock Splits decrease the price per share of a stock by increasing the amount of total shares trading on the market, without changing the value of an investor’s total position.

That means, anyone holds a share of Tesla by August 31, 2020, will own 5 times as many TSLA shares than he did at the end of the day on Friday, August 28, 2020. However, the price per share of TSLA stock will decrease accordingly (divided by 5).

The reason why the tesla stock jumped last Wednesday is due to stock split news. The Stock split actually give a new ride for both shares in the past week. It is expected that Apple and Tesla can gain another 33% from market post split in next 12 months. After the last split for Apple in 2014 it took them almost 6 years to back on the full pre-split price. Hence for long term investors accumulation can give them a wealthy fortune at stock market.

What is Stock split (forward split) in Stock Market ?

For newbies in stock market, here is the example for stock split: Say an investor purchased $1000 of Tesla (TSLA) in their portfolio, which came out to 1 whole share at $1000 per share. If the investor still owns the share at the end of the day on August 28, 2020, they will get 5 shares with price of 200 , instead of 1 single share with $1000 per share.

“S&P 500, Nasdaq hit new highs with tech rally, Salesforce on high”

S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes hit record highs on August 26, with Salesforce.com Inc, which is set to enter the blue-chip Dow index Auguest last week, jumped 21.2%. It is directly proportional to raising its annual revenue forecast on surging demand for its online business software.

Similarly, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (HP) added 6.8% as its full-year profit outlook. HP has outperformed market expectations and thus gain confidence across investors. Another important move came from income-tax filing software firm Intuit Inc which advanced 1.7% after it reported a 17% rise in quarterly revenue.

In total, the tech sector climbed 1.1% comparing to other sectors. 8 of the 11 major S&P sectors are not showing much performance this week. A survey on Tuesday showed U.S. consumer confidence hit a 6 year low in August. The Nasdaq Composite was up 60.90 points, or 0.53%, at 11,527.37. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 38.79 points in the morning, at 28,209.65, the S&P 500 was up 5.21 points, or 0.15%, at 3,448.83.

Nasdaq have hit a series of record closing highs after the driven by stimulus and demand for tech-focused stocks. This was confidence booster across the market even as economic data pointed to an uneven recovery from a recession.

Jerome Powell’s ofter policy stance on inflation

Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s address at the virtual Jackson Hole Symposium Thursday, where he is expected to outline a softer policy stance on inflation. Market are looking into it very closely to see how his stance going to impact the next Quarter.

As per Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital Securities in New York – “We know that he’s going to speak about inflation, and that he’s going to say that the Fed remains committed to use all the necessary tools to help the economy as needed, lot of this is already in the marketplace, but the market wants confirmation of it.”

Overall, The S&P index recorded 16 new 52-week highs and no new low, while the Nasdaq recorded 44 new highs and two new lows.

Another retail giant, Nordstrom Inc looses the way by 4.4% after reporting a bigger-than-expected loss as its stores were shuttered for about half of the past business days. Since the consumers stayed at home with little need for designer clothes and less in demand bring hard hit on Nordstorm stocks.

Eventhough the advancing stock are emerging up, the decline to increase ration stands at 1.42-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and for a 1.09-to-1 ratio on the NASDAQ.

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