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All Cannabis oil or Marijuana company's have to go up in value....they can only increase in value...anyone selling shares now are just crazy or know nothing about markets.
Every state will have Marijuana on the ballot Nov1
Every State will have Marijuana on the ballot
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When they find out other banks have been doing the same thing as wells fargo its gonna be a serious problem....the lawyers have taken calls from other bank employees who have fired as well
This companys PPS can only go up
In Oct there is a plan to legalize Cannabis
Across the board not just medical in California
To many people are taking chump change profits at 20...let it run people..take your change at 50
.04 on the open
Systemic draw down so whoever sold can get back in at a lower price
Way to many shares unloaded when we hit 20
What is a stock split? Why do stocks split?
By Investopedia Staff | Updated January 11, 2016 — 9:21 PM EST
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Understanding Stock Splits
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All publicly-traded companies have a set number of shares that are outstanding on the stock market. A stock split is a decision by the company's board of directors to increase the number of shares that are outstanding by issuing more shares to current shareholders. For example, in a 2-for-1 stock split, every shareholder with one stock is given an additional share. So, if a company had 10 million shares outstanding before the split, it will have 20 million shares outstanding after a 2-for-1 split.
A stock's price is also affected by a stock split. After a split, the stock price will be reduced since the number of shares outstanding has increased. In the example of a 2-for-1 split, the share price will be halved. Thus, although the number of outstanding shares and the stock price change, the market capitalization remains constant.
A stock split is usually done by companies that have seen their share price increase to levels that are either too high or are beyond the price levels of similar companies in their sector. The primary motive is to make shares seem more affordable to small investors even though the underlying value of the company has not changed.
A stock split can also result in a stock price increase following the decrease immediately after the split. Since many small investors think the stock is now more affordable and buy the stock, they end up boosting demand and drive up prices. Another reason for the price increase is that a stock split provides a signal to the market that the company's share price has been increasing and people assume this growth will continue in the future, and again, lift demand and prices.
Another version of a stock split is the reverse split. This procedure is typically used by companies with low share prices that would like to increase these prices to either gain more respectability in the market or to prevent the company from being delisted (many stock exchanges will delist stocks if they fall below a certain price per share). For example, in a reverse 1-for-5 split, 10 million outstanding shares at 50 cents each would now become two million shares outstanding at $2.50 per share. In both cases, the company is worth $5 million.
The bottom line is a stock split is used primarily by companies that have seen their share prices increase substantially and although the number of outstanding shares increases and price per share decreases, the market capitalization (and the value of the company) does not change. As a result, stock splits help make shares more affordable to small investors and provides greater marketability and liquidity in the market.
For more information on stock splits, see our article on Understanding Stock Splits.
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What do you call the issuing of shares from BMSN and giving it a new ticker symbol....do you have any knowlege about. Trading stocks
Show me a pink sheet stock that had a reverse split and then tell me the relevanc of that reverse split...
That already happen...thats how we got the new companies..lol....guess you missed it.
Awesome EOD move
Very strange all buys at the open drops the PPS.
Awesome news so we have applied for ODD
Not one person here will conclude this is overbought...you will need more training if you see an overbought indicator.
Where have you been sleep...1 the collaboration...2.the new eyes on the company from the listing...3 the company hired to create funding. 4 the promising information out of Mexico...All of the above can and will cause an improvement in the PPS.
Way too many flippers sitiing on this stock...there is no way this should have gone back to 10...to much foolishness going on here.
All buys today...awesome news is on the way
Serious incompetence....that is way lower than the value has ever been
Chart shows lower volume..a couple of golden crosses that never happen and a major down trend
Before EOD 36,000 on the bid and 15,000 on 20 at the ask
What happen..why didnt those last trades go thru
The volume is being held back...35,000 on the bid for 20 mins
20 on the ask. Can we get 20 EOD
Yesssss??????????
What can our sideshow say about the Ely collaboration now..awesome news for RGBP and RGBPP
Awesome recovery
Good news is destroying the PPS
Awesome news today
Where are the positive post??? Im sure this this company has done somethings right.
What company are you watching...extremly high volume since we listed on the OTCBX...that was good news to investors...and thats what we need new eyes on this company.
We had good news on 6/2