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1 Unstoppable Multibagger Up 2,530% Since 2009 to Buy in 2024 and Hold Forever

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Posting annualized total returns of 26% since its initial public offering in 2009, OTC Markets Group (OTC: OTCM) may be one of the most surprising multibaggers on the publicly traded markets. OTC Markets itself, though, could hardly be in better financial shape -- and its recent shareholder returns speak to that fact.

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Chipotle Is Finally Splitting Its Stock. Is It Time to Buy?

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Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) has been one of the best-performing stocks on the market since its initial public offering (IPO) in 2006, but despite gaining more than 5,000%, the stock had never once split. The split is subject to shareholder approval at the company's annual meeting on June 6.

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If You Invested $1,000 in This Stock Long Before Warren Buffett, Here's How Filthy Rich You'd Be Today

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Buffett tends to avoid technology stocks because he prefers to invest in businesses he understands, particularly those producing strong profits and those returning money to shareholders. But it just so happens that one tech stock, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) , ticks both those boxes in a big way.

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Move Over, Walmart and Chipotle: Wall Street Has a New Stock-Split Stock

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Forward-stock splits are designed to make a company's shares more nominally affordable for everyday investors who may not have access to fractional-share purchases with their online broker. Meanwhile, reverse-stock splits aim to increase a company's share price to ensure it meets the minimum listing requirements on a major stock exchange.

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This Company Is Quickly Becoming a Leader in AI -- and Its Not Nvidia, Alphabet, or Microsoft

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Palantir is nearly 20 years old, yet it only went public about three years ago. Since its debut on the New York Stock Exchange in late 2020, Palantir stock has been no stranger to the highs and lows of public company scrutiny.

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2 Stock-Split Stocks I Wouldn't Touch With a 10-Foot Pole

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With a forward-stock split, a company is decreasing its share price to make it more nominally affordable for retail investors and perhaps its employees. Conversely, the purpose of a reverse-stock split is to increase a company's share price, usually to ensure it meets the minimum listing standards on a major stock exchange.

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Prediction: Wall Street's Next Stock Split Announcement Will Come From a Company That's Gained 150,000% Since Its IPO

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There are two types of stock splits -- forward and reverse -- with the former being far more popular than the latter among the investing community. Reverse splits are enacted to increase a company's share price, often with the goal of maintaining continued listing standards for a major stock exchange. Image source: Getty Images.

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