Germany began observing daylight saving to conserve fuel during World War I. The U.S. went through a lot of back-and-forth regarding daylight saving. The practice was adopted in 1918, abolished for unpopularity after WWI and reinstated during WWII â at this time it was called War Time and took place year round.
After its stock traded below $1 for 30 consecutive days Molycorp (MCP) received a delisting notice from the NYSE on December 30, 2014. An average closing share price of at least $1.00 over the 30 trading-day period ending on the last trading day of that month.
If you look at today's MSFT closing price of $27.69 down 6 cents; the March 1986 IPO price, accounting for 9 splits, would have cost you 9.7 cents. That would be almost what MSFT lost in value today. So 970 cents invested i.e. $9.70, would now be worth $2,769.00. Although quite a good record, the stock has lost value since its peak of about $60 in early 2000.