Stock splits confused some investors.
It's natural to think doubling the shares will double your money, but that's not true.
When a company splits its stock, its market capitalization remains unchanged.
Assume a company has 10 million shares in total trading for $50 each.
Its market capitalization is $500 million (10 million shares X $50 share price).
The company chooses to do a 2-for-1 stock split, which doubles the amount of shares.
That would cause the price of th...