The Dow Jones Industrial Average recently surpassed the 10,000-plus stratosphere.
Investors are nervous about that high number.
So are their computers, most of which were never programmed to recognize a Dow figure with five digits to the left of the decimal point. We have devised the solution to this problem, and we're unveiling it in the following article. For reasons that defy mathematics, investors love stock splits. Announce a split, and your company's stock is almost certain to leap. If it's an Internet company, step out of the way.