Get Started Investing Why Google's 95% Drop is Actually a Good Thing
Last week, Alphabet (the parent company of Google) was trading at about $2,200 USD a share ... Then it dropped to about $110 per share!
A 95% drop!? Uh oh.
But wait ... what if there was a reason that we should not worry?
Bryce and Alec explain what stock splitting is all about and they investigate the recent Google stock Split so you totally understand what happens in this sitiuation and why you need not worry, and best of all, need not do anything!
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