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"So far this year, 36 U.S.-traded stocks have declared stock splits, nearly triple the amount from all of last year," says Richard Moroney.

The editor of Dow Theory Forecasts -- an advisorty service that has focused on blue chip stocks for over 50 years -- explains, "We have reviewed stocks that have climbed to within 25% of the price of their last split. Below, we review four of these stocks, all potential stock-split candidates: Apple (AAPL), Lubrizol (LZ), TJX (TJX) and Varian Medical Systems (VAR).

"Is an increase in stock splits important? After all, stock splits have no fundamental impact on a company, neither creating nor destroying value.

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Four Potential Split Candidates: Apple, Lubrizol, TJX, Varian Medical originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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