I was checking CDE today and noticed the stock was suddenly trading at about $14.70! I was thinking I'd made some big bucks, but then I did a little research and found out that the company just did a 10-to-1 reverse stock split. Is this usually bad news for a company?
Many times its a bad sign because the company doesn't want to be de-listed. But CDE was at 1.45, which is not horrible so far as silver miners go. I think its purely an image thing.
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel / For nothyng is better than lyberte / For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world. -Caxton's edition of Aesop's Fables, 1484
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The difference between an optimist and a pessimist is that the pessimist is better informed.