In the six years I've owned it GE has roughly doubled in price, paid me $4.74 in dividends, and roughly $8 in call options premium.
My cost basis is well below $5 per share.
Share price below $30 is an opportunity for the company to exercise the share buy-back authorization setting up an opportunity to raise the dividend yield down the road, even under a scenario of slowing growth.
Was that even $100 worth of micro-crap shares traded? Wow, now that's grim.