Chip Anderson

Google Changes Its Ticker Symbol in a Very Confusing Way

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Google has divided its stock into two different symbols: GOOG and GOOGL.  GOOG is now a new dataset for Class C shares.  GOOGL now contains all of the price information that used to be displayed as GOOG.  GOOGL has also been adjusted for the associated distribution.  Use "_GOOGL" for unadjusted data.

Chip Anderson
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