Dear Mr. Dahmen and Costco Investor Relations Team, I hope you are doing well. I am writing as someone who greatly respects Costco’s business model, long-term performance, and reputation for responsible management. Costco has built extraordinary trust with its members, employees, and shareholders, and I believe that is one of the major reasons the company continues to be such a strong long-term investment. I would like to respectfully suggest that Costco consider a stock split. With Costco’s share price trading at a relatively high dollar amount, a split could make the stock feel more accessible to smaller individual investors who admire the company but may find the current price difficult to approach. While I understand that fractional shares are available through some platforms, many retail investors still respond positively to a lower per-share price, especially when considering companies they hope to hold for the long term. A stock split would not change Costco’s underlying value, but it could broaden interest among individual investors, increase accessibility, and reinforce Costco’s image as a company that welcomes participation from everyday shareholders as well as institutional investors. Given Costco’s strong brand loyalty and the trust it has earned from its members, I believe many people would be excited by the opportunity to invest in the company at a more approachable share price. Thank you for taking the time to consider this suggestion. I appreciate Costco’s continued commitment to long-term value, careful financial management, and service to its members and shareholders. Sincerely, WXYZ (J/K)
Nice....ROAD.....but a little too mild. I would suggest: "Dear DUMMY: WTF are you MORONS doing. Split the F'ing stock. You are screwing all your loyal retail investors. Do you IDIOTS realize that your stock is the second highest stock price in the top 50 of the SP500? What DUMB ASS is making these sorts of decisions there? This refusal to split is a real DUMB SH%T move. WAKE UP.......F'er. Very Truly Yours......your loyal shareholder....WXYZ."
A nice BIG gain for me today in my stocks. BUT....of course the markets FADED into the close and cost me a good chunk of money and a new all time high. I had only three stocks GREEN today...but they really counted. PLTR, MSFT, and NVDA. I also beat the SP500 with my stocks by....1.64% today.
A......golden day for one of my kids. Their ROTH, and BROKERAGE accounts..... along with the BROKERAGE account of their spouse.....have now blown past the $1MILLION......combined milestone. Of course I am managing all three accounts. the account make up for the three accounts is the same as my accounts and all the other accounts that I manage. Their ages 41 and 44.
In light of the above I will once again post this: "To continue the above....it has been a while since I posted this: "SO....here is my current portfolio of....SEVEN....stocks and funds. The UPDATED Portfolio Model.......NOT as investment advice.....just as a disclosure of my personal BIAS and my thinking on how to structure a long term portfolio. "I am once again posting my PORTFOLIO MODEL. My initial criteria to start the process to consider a business are.......BIG CAP, AMERICAN, DIVIDEND PAYING, GREAT MANAGEMENT, ICONIC PRODUCT, WORLD WIDE LEADER IN THEIR FIELD, LONG TERM HORIZON, etc, etc, etc. PORTFOLIO MODEL "Here is my "PORTFOLIO MODEL" for all accounts managed which is the basis for MUCH of my discussion in this thread. I am re-posting this since I often talk in this thread about my portfolio model. My custom in the past on this sort of thread was to re-post my portfolio model every once in a while since I will tend to talk about it once in a while. I "manage" six portfolios for various family including a trust. ALL are set up in this fashion. If I was starting this portfolio today, lets say with $200,000. I would put half the money into the stock side of the portfolio, with an equal amount going into each stock. The other half of the money would go into the fund side of the portfolio, with an equal amount going into each fund. As is my long time custom, I would than let the portfolio run as it wished with NO re-balancing, in other words, I would let the winners run. Over the LONG TERM of investing in this style (at least in my actual portfolios), the stock side seems to reach and settle in at about 70% of the total portfolio and the fund side at about 30% of the total portfolio over time. That is a GOOD THING since it tells me that my stock picks are generally beating the funds over the longer term. AND....since the funds in the account generally meet or beat the SP500, that is a VERY good thing. As mentioned in a post in this thread, I include the funds in the portfolio as a counter-balance to my investing BIAS and stock picking BIAS and to add a top active management fund that often beats the SP500 (Fidelity Contra Fund) and a SP500 Index Fund to get broad exposure to the best 500 companies in AMERICAN business and economy. The funds also give me broad diversification as a counter-balance to my very concentrated 7 stock portfolio.At the same time the funds double and triple up on my individual stock holdings............that I consider the BEST individual businesses in the WORLD. STOCKS: Alphabet Inc Amazon Apple Costco Microsoft Nvidia Palantir MUTUAL FUNDS: SP500 Index Fund Fidelity Contra Fund CAUTION: This is a moderate aggressive to aggressive portfolio on the stock side with the small concentration of stocks and the mix of stocks that I hold and with the concentration of big name tech stocks. Especially for my age group. (75). So for anyone considering this sort of portfolio, be careful and consider your risk tolerance and where you are in your life and financial needs. I am able to do this sort of portfolio since my stock market account is NOT needed for my retirement income AND I have a fairly HIGH RISK TOLERANCE. In addition I am a fully invested, all the time, LONG TERM investor. (LONG TERM meaning many years, 5, 10, 20, years or more)" MY COMMENT This portfolio is HIGHLY CONCENTRATED on the big cap side of things. OBVIOUSLY between the funds and my nine stock holdings there is MUCH doubling and tripling up on the stocks. THAT is INTENTIONAL. I strongly subscribe to the view of Buffett and some others that TOO MUCH diversification kills returns. I do NOT believe in the current diversification FAD that most people seem to now follow.......or think they are following. I DO NOT do bonds and think the current level of bonds held by younger investors.....those under age 50.....is extremely foolish.I DO NOT do market timing or Technical Analysis.""
You know it has been a very long time since I have seen much mention of....TECHNICAL ANALYSIS. It does not seem to be much of a thing anymore.
If I do not get a reply to your liking, I'll go with your nuclear option What was your email address again?
A mixed open so far as the markets search for direction early in the day. We will know more in about an hour or so. S&P 500 is little changed Tuesday as Alphabet slides https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/stock-market-today-live-updates.html
SO......Costco and others....that claim retail investors can just buy fractional shares......BUT.....they are NOT the same a REAL shares. There's No Real Ownership of Fractional Equity Shares https://www.realclearmarkets.com/ar...ship_of_fractional_equity_shares_1186121.html ...."A fractional share carries no voting rights. It cannot be transferred in kind to another brokerage via ACATS. Most critically, the order never interacts with a public exchange."...... ......"Fractional shares cannot move. No ACATS transfer. No mobility. In a market panic, the investor cannot relocate to safety. The only exit is liquidation, back to the same broker whose balance sheet is already under pressure. The investor is not a participant in a democratized market. They are a captive inside one."......
YES.....like everything in investing......we have seen it ALL before. In the distant past the Railroad BOOM was similar in many ways to the current AI BOOM. The Turning Point? https://alhambrapartners.com/weekly-market-pulse-the-turning-point/?src=news ...."The US railroad boom in the second half of the 19th century was actually quite a bit larger as a percentage of GDP. Railroad investment averaged 2–3% of GDP throughout the boom, with the peak from about 1868 to 1873 approaching 6% of GDP — at one point representing roughly 20% of all capital formation in the country. Total AI spending today, even at 14% of non-residential investment, isn’t close. So no, this isn’t unprecedented. "....
YES.......the month of MAY was a KILLER month for the markets and investors. My Oh My, What a Month of May https://www.bespokepremium.com/interactive/posts/think-big-blog/my-oh-my-what-a-month-of-may
Lets hope so. "HOPE".....should not be necessary with the Earnings that this company has been posting.....usually.....with ZERO impact. Why a massive Nvidia stock rally may be just getting started https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/t...ly-may-be-just-getting-started-130659463.html
YES.....it is......and...it should be. This is REALITY. AI is carrying the S&P 500 rally: Chart of the Day https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/a...-sp-500-rally-chart-of-the-day-100000546.html
if you trust any of this data....a pretty good report. BUT....the jobs data is so corrupt that it is WORTHLESS. At least it might help the markets a little bit today. Job openings soared in April as hiring declined https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/a...ed-in-april-as-hiring-declined-141453725.html "Job openings surged in April to reach their highest level since 2024, federal data shows. 7.62 million positions were open in April, according to Tuesday’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had expected 6.87 million openings for the month, roughly on par with March’s revised level of 6.89 million.".....
Probably the real reason why the article has disfavor with fractional shares. I'm sure many have some fractional shares of companies as contributions/buys go in on a consistent basis of a monetary amount. I mean you can go in and buy specific share amount or dollar amount monthly. I would be more pleased with company management and business fundamentals. In other words, the company is still putting up good numbers and performing well as a business rather than just share price being somewhat restrictive. That would be further down my worry list I think. Doesn't COST still do their "special dividend" pretty regular in addition to regular dividends? I figure their thought process may be related to that in a way. Maybe that is a reason why the split talk doesn't get much traction.
LOL. Some of the NVDA articles. The media can't make up their mind. They spent so much time with boogeyman articles and now it is all about the positive articles. It is like a love/hate relationship. They dump on it and then they pump it. I sometimes think its own attention is its own worst enemy at times.
Ahem: "Hello - Thank you for your email to our investor team. We will take this into consideration for upcoming board meetings. Regards, Costco Investor Relations"
A LOSING day today for my stocks. I gave back a lot of the gain that I made yesterday. Only two stocks in the GREEN....COST and AAPL. I also got beat by the SP500 today by.....1.49%. A meaningless day in the markets for absolutely NO reason.
The market today....more new HIGHS. Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq build on records as investors eye AI boom, US-Iran tensions https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/live/stock-market-today-tuesday-june-2-ai-231755175.html
