"New research indicates that reverse stock splits

"New research indicates that reverse stock splits are usually good for investors....there have been 14 stocks in the S&P 500 since 2000 that have undergone a reverse stock split. Of those fourteen stocks, twelve were higher one year after the effective date of the reverse split, two were lower. The average gain was a gigantic 62.55 percent ."

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