How can investors spot companies about to split and benefit from the expected price appreciation?

Such price appreciation has not always been the case.

"Most homeowners have been in their houses for more than six years, and they've enjoyed a lot of price appreciation."

Until now, many of them knew only galloping price appreciation.

Securities that offer a potential for price appreciation may lose value instead.

The other security would get all the price appreciation above that.

Can home ownership can be a great thing even if you don't see much price appreciation over time?

And that returns from the market would be on the order of price appreciation of 8 to 10 percent.

The buildings have had huge price appreciation in the last few decades.

But subsequent deals have shown little price appreciation after going public.