brk – Phantasmix.com https://phantasmix.com Stock Market and Personal Finance Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:53:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 $BRK Berkshire Hathaway Split, Will Join S&P 500 https://phantasmix.com/brk-berkshire-hathaway-split-will-join-sp-500/ https://phantasmix.com/brk-berkshire-hathaway-split-will-join-sp-500/#respond Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:55:03 +0000 http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=3563 OMG, BRK.B is going to split, 50-to-1 and join S&P! That’ll be $66/share at today’s price. Warren Buffett is likely about to orchestrate one of

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Warren Buffett is likely about to orchestrate one of the biggest changes in years to the financial structure of his company.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is widely expected to approve a 50-to-1 share split of its Class B shares on Wednesday, a move tied to its planned purchase of the railroad giant Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

With the split, trading volume will likely increase, and that could attract a new group of bigger and faster-trading investors. The B shares closed Friday at $3,247, a lofty price that limited the kind of investors who bought the stock to mostly those with …

Source: WSJ

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