RTN and DRYS

I set a stop for ratheon that kicked in and bumped me out, but while watching mad money last night, i saw that cramer said something about them winning a large bid for some kind of missle system. This sounds like something that could def. influence stock sales…right? Also, while watching my prized stock that is not doin so well for me now, i saw that Dryships had a news clip that was suggesting they may have a 3 for one stock split. with triple the amount of stock i started with, that would tech. make gains go up triple as fast beacuse a .03 cent increase goes up faster when you have more shares…right? I have read a bunch of investing books in the past year but still am a complete beginner. Anyone have thoughts or advice?

I hold RTN stock in my real portfolio. from a technical standpoint RTN looks ready to bounce. implied volatility is very low and it has had a nice recent pullback. Yes, they did secure a recent contract and yes, it should help the stock price.
With a 3 for 1 stock split the value of your stock would remain exactly the same but you would just have 3 times as many shares and the price of each would be 1/3 of what it was. Let’s say you had 10 shares at $30 per share before the split. After the split you would have 30 shares at $10 per share. If the stock moved $1.00 before the split that would be a 3.33% move whereas if the stock moved $1.00 after the split that would be a 10% move.
Most stocks that split are back to their pre-split price within 18 month. I know we don’t have that long on this game, but just FYI. Stock splits are a great way to play more growth.

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