Replies to post #3727 on Microsoft Corp (MSFT)

[fred2207]

Obviously a split makes the shares more affordable for more people. More people can afford to buy an $80 per share stock than can a $1600 plus per share stock. Microsoft is, even at $102 per share, extremely cheap by comparison. I'm curious to see where the Microsoft stock goes, especially since it's gone through 9 splits in its history. It would be great to see it rise to Amazonian heights. I guess time will tell.

[Trueheart]

I'd like to throw my two cents in.

There's something psychologically prohibitive about buying a stock in the thousands of dollars. If you have $5,000 you can only buy three shares and that looks pretty lowly in your accounts. $80 bucks per share after the split really is more affordable for the smaller investor, and the smaller price probably would encourage more investors to get aboard.

All in my opinion.

Trueheart