When Nvidia (NVDA) opens on Monday, it will have experienced a 10:1 split, and we should remember that one of the purposes of stock splits is to facilitate distribution. That is to say that the lower price after the split attracts investors who avoided the stock at the higher price (i.e. the little guys). Over the years we have observed that stock splits frequently are followed by price corrections; however, Adam Johnson of The Bullseye American Ingenuity Fund on Fox Business quoted a Bank of America study stating that stocks that have a 5:1 split or greater are on average higher by 25% in the following 12 months, as opposed to the rest of the market being up only 12% in the same period. That may be true, but but a correction could also be in the cards as well. The problem with NVDA is that it has advanced about…
