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28 Jan 2010, 7:34 pm

Ford Motor Company stock plummeted on Jan 1, 1988, and skyrocketed on Dec 31, 1988. Why?

http://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&c ... E:F&ntsp=0



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29 Jan 2010, 2:28 am

Does Wikipedia say anything about what happened that year?
I'm too lazy to look it up, but I'll check back for the answer.. XD;;;


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29 Jan 2010, 5:25 am

The Dow Jones crashed near the end of '87, that might have had something to do with it?


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