OK- not challenging you, but why? I thought that stock splits were good to encourage trading of your stock as they lower the price per share while maintaining the value, and kind of set a level at which the stock would generally be traded.
I guess what I am trying to say is, right now the stock just tipped over $500. That's a lot of money for a lot of people who want to trade AAPL, but can't buy a lot of shares- psychologically speaking. If they did, say a 4:1 split, that would simply give every stock holder 4x the shares. The price splits by 4 as well, but then the psychology of "wow I can buy AAPL now!" kicks in and the price probably goes up from there a bit... setting a psychological floor for the value of the company...
I don't know, I am actually expecting a stock split now that the $500 mark has been hit.
Just my opinion mind you.
If a stock starts being traded a lot more ( stock split means more people can buy it ) it will cause the stock to go down because the traders will start selling more and more and more.
If you're on the floor and traders start selling a LOT that stock will decline.
Google has been sitting at around $600 for that very same reason.