More About Pierogies: 1  Once pierogies are defrosted, use them in one day for best flavor. 2  Most Mrs. Tâs Pierogies are vegetarian (except Loaded Baked Potato and Mini Cheddar Seasoned with Bacon). 3  Use Plenty Packs or 1 pound packs. 4  There is no MSG, and no peanuts, nuts or nut extracts of any kind in Mrs. Tâs Pierogies.
Microsoft has split its shares nine times since going public in 1986, and GE has undertaken five splits in the past 30 years. Without those splits, one Microsoft share would be worth more than $12,100, and one GE share would be worth nearly $1,300. That would price both stocks out of Dow membership.
If you had the good fortune to have bought 100 shares at the $21 offering price that day and sat on the investment for 25 years, it would have mushroomed into 28,800 shares over the course of nine stock splits and be worth about three quarters of a million dollars today. [MORE: The Onion's 10 Best Bits About Microsoft] That's the good news. Here's the disheartening caveat: Had you instead sold your stash on Dec. 1, 1999, when Microsoft's stock price reached its peak, you would have reaped $1.4 million. You have to believe someone did ... and tells that story every day.