These are the wildest, weirdest stock-market prices we’ve ever seen

These are the wildest, weirdest stock-market prices we’ve ever seen
The PalmPilot was hot technology in its day. (Image: Getty)
The Wall Street Journal
Why pay $1 when you can pay $2 or $12 for the same thing? Here’s a tour through history’s most entertaining price anomalies.Seasoned investors have a chuckle when the investing masses pay two bucks for a dollar in the market, and sometimes they even hop onto the crazy train briefly themselves if they think it can temporarily go to three dollars. But pricing anomalies can be a sign of froth for the broader market.In the latest high-profile example, MicroStrategy’s share price implies a value for its main asset — a hu...

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