After largely falling out of fashion over the past several years, the spotlight is once again on stock splits. This is largely the result of two prominent companies, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) , that both split their shares earlier this year. While it's largely a nonevent from a financial perspective, investors are beginning to wonder if the move makes sense for companies that have seen a large run up in their stock price, making shares more accessible to smaller investors.
On this episode of Fool Live that aired on Nov. 23, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner and Fool.com contributor Danny Vena were joined by Federico Sandler, MercadoLibre 's (NASDAQ: MELI) head of investor relations, who addressed this very question.
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