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发帖数: 606 | 1 That's because - as Bloomberg explains - if the couple must sell shares as
part of their divorce, then those shares will join Amazon's free float. That
would in turn boost Amazon's weighing in indexes like the S&P 500.
If that happens, index-fund managers will need to buy more Amazon shares to
account for this change.
Regulatory filings show Jeff Bezos owns almost 79 million shares of the
company, worth about $130 billion as of yesterday. If MacKenzie takes a
chunk in a settlement - or either party needs to liquidate their assets to
meet divorce expenses - those could become part of the company’s freely
traded stock. In turn, that could boost the company’s weighting in indexes
including the S&P 500 - sending tracker funds on a small Amazon shopping
spree.
Amazon, which is the world's most valuable publicly traded company, has a
market cap of just over $800 billion. Compare that with $3.4 trillion pegged
to the S&P 500, and another $6.5 trillion use the gauge as a benchmark.
Indexes typically use a company's available float - rather than the number
of shares outstanding - to determine weighting (this measure excludes shares
owned by the company's officers).
But S&P methodology also excludes shares owned by "related individuals" of
company officers and directors from its float calculation. The index
provider declined to comment on whether that category would include ex-
spouses, with a spokeswoman adding that the firm doesn’t typically comment
on individual companies. More simply, the float could grow if either Bezos
sells shares to raise cash. Because let’s face it, even Amazon can’t make
divorces cheap. | i******3
发帖数: 376 | 2 这是一致2000的股票
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: That's because - as Bloomberg explains - if the couple must sell shares as
: part of their divorce, then those shares will join Amazon's free float. That
: would in turn boost Amazon's weighing in indexes like the S&P 500.
: If that happens, index-fund managers will need to buy more Amazon shares to
: account for this change.
: Regulatory filings show Jeff Bezos owns almost 79 million shares of the
: company, worth about $130 billion as of yesterday. If MacKenzie takes a
: chunk in a settlement - or either party needs to liquidate their assets to
: meet divorce expenses - those could become part of the company’s freely
: traded stock. In turn, that could boost the company’s weighting in indexes
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