OpenText (OTEX) was added to the 2 for 1 portfolio and index with the 7/18 issue of 2 for 1. It has risen over 16% since then on the strength of strong earnings and solid growth in its cloud services business.

The July 18 issue of 2 for 1 rounds out 18 years of continuous monthly publication. Our track record of an 11% overall annualized return through three bull markets and two wicked bear markets is equaled by very few mutual funds or other investment newsletters.

The 2 for 1 index closed out the 2nd quarter at 822.80, an all time high. That’s up at a rate of 12.5% annualized over the last 17+ years. The index is now being updated every 15 seconds by the NYSE under the ticker symbol “SPLITS”.

Mark Hulbert, tracker of investment newsletters and Wall Street Journal columnist, has good things to say about the Apple split and the 2 for 1 newsletter’s performance.

One of the following seven new splits will be June’s pick for the 2 for 1 Index and the 2 for 1 newsletter portfolio Company Symbol Ratio Payable Announced ——- —— ——- ——- ——— The Middleby Corp MIDD 3 for 1 06/26/14 05/30/14 Oiltanking Partners OILT 2 for 1 07/14/14 05/28/14 Core-Mark Holding Co CORE

Neil Macneale will present a half-hour Webcast “Taking Advantage of the Stock Split Anomaly” at 2:40 PM EDT on April 22 eMoneyShow virtual event. (That’s Eastern time, or 11:40 California time). It’s recommended that you Pre-Register to allow a quick log-on at the time of the event.