Among the eight high-profile companies to have announced a forward-stock split in 2024, two stand out for all the wrong reasons.Over the last 30 years, investors have pretty much always had a new innovation or trend to latch onto. Next-big-thing technologies like the internet, genome decoding, 3D printing, blockchain technology, and the metaverse represent some of the examples of potentially game-changing trends for corporate America.At the moment, investors have two buzzy trends that they're flocking to. W ...