In this edition of The Motley Fool's "Ask a Fool" series, Motley Fool One analyst Jason Moser takes a question from a Fool reader, who asks: "Whatever happened to stock splits? There was a time when stocks were always splitting."
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Were stock splits more common in the past than today? How should a split affect your view of a stock?
Jason Moser owns shares of Berkshire Hathaway. The Motley Fool recommends Berkshire Hathaway. The Motley Fool owns shares of Berkshire Hathaway and Citigroup. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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Berkshire Hathaway
BRK.B
$485.17
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$4.69
Citigroup
C
$88.70
(2.24%)
$1.95
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