When ETFs Have Stock Splits (TQQQ, URTY, UMDD, UPRO)
Investors love stock splits. Occasionally you actually see stock splits occur in Exchange Traded Funds. These splits technically do not change the compositions or the price mechanisms, but they may drive liquidity as ETF prices get too high. ProShares is…
ProShares UltraPro S&P500 (NASDAQ: TQQQ), ProShares UltraPro Russell2000 (NASDAQ: URTY), and ProShares UltraPro MidCap400 (NYSE: UMDD) are all splitting 2 for 1 due to their share prices being so high. The ProShares UltraPro S&P500 (NASDAQ: UPRO) are close to $250.00, so this ETF is going to split 3 for 1.
All splits will apply to shareholders of record at the close of the markets on February 22, 2011, payable after the close of the markets on February 24, 2011. The funds will trade at their post-split prices on February 25, 2011.
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JON C. OGG
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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.
