Jun 09, 2022

FinCap Friday: Stock Split Summer

One of the largest companies in the US stock market recently performed a 20-for-1 split, but most people still don't understand what this means! Which company was it? Why do companies decide to split their stock? How does a stock split actually work? Find all of this and more, in the last FinCap Friday episode of the 2021-2022 school year below: 

If you're short on time for this activity, try our simplified No Tech version containing embedded questions right in the slide deck!

Check out all of our FinCap Friday episodes here. They're not date-dependent so any of the 165+ in our catalog dating back to August 2018 may work throughout the coming year!

About the Author

Yanely Espinal

Born and raised by Dominican, immigrant parents in Brooklyn, Yanely is a proud product of NYC public schools. She graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in 2007 before going on to receive her bachelor's degree at Brown University in 2011. As a Teach For America corps member, Yanely taught third and fourth grade in Canarsie, Brooklyn. She received her master's degree from Relay Graduate School of Education in 2013. She spends her spare time making YouTube videos about personal finance on her channel, MissBeHelpful. Yanely also loves to dance, sew, paint, listen to podcasts, and babysit her 10 nieces and nephews!

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