If stock rises and alot of people sell their shares, does this cause the stock to drop? and why.?
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The stock markets are demand driven.  If more people want to sell something than want to buy it, the price will naturally fall.  \n\nThink of it this way--you're selling lemonade for $1.00 a glass, and your neighbor sets up a stand selling lemonade for $1.00 a glass.  Two people selling. There's one jogger and he wants to buy a glass.  One buyer.  Whoever of you lowers the price the most, will get the sale.  You lower your price to 90 cents, but your neighbor lowers it to 85 cents and makes the sale.  There you go!\n\nThus when more people are selling than buying, the price drops.  When more people are buying than selling, the price rises.\n\nSimple!\n\nHope this helps!\n--J.
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The stock market is simply a meeting place of buyers and sellers.\n\nThe price at which stocks are sold is simply where they agree on the value of that stock.\n\nIf there are an equal number of buyers and sellers with an equal proportion of sentiment then the price will never change.\n\nWhen a stock price changes it's because there is an oversupply of buyers or sellers.\n\nSo in the case of a stock price dropping, more people want to sell than buy and therefore the price is pushed down by those sellers until it reaches a new equilibrium.\n\nThe cause of people selling is varied.  Some people sell because of a bad newspaper article.  Some people sell because they want to buy a new car.  Some mutual funds sell because of a reweighting of their portfolio.  Some traders sell because a particular level has been reached.  Some people sell because of change in the fundamentals of the company (sales, profits, market competition etc.).  There's probably another 100 reasons that could be added here.\n\nOne thing about the market is that it's like a herd and often movements cause more movements in the same direction.\n\nCheers,\nRichard.
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people are buying and selling stocks all the time...
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depends on who you invest in and are you wanting money quik or long term.its all a big gamble,you might invest in a company and the stock might fall and you will loose money.
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If you bought shares through a broker, that broker will gladly sell your shares.  If you bought these shares from an individual, you will have to find an individual buyer or seek a broker (as above).
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I can't answer this specifically for those companies, but what generally happens is that your stock is converted to stock in the new company, at a rate specified by the takeover company. (1 share in the new company for every 2 shares owned in the target company, for example)  You should receive a letter soon, explaining what has happened.
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Usually if one broker doesn't let you short all others won't let you short.  You can sell a call but I assume that the stock has no call either since it has no put.  So really you would just waiting to see the stock dropping without taking advantage of that.
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When the details of the buy-out are released the stock price will adjust accordingly.  If the buyout is announced to be $12 per share then the stock will trade at $12 (or very close) almost immediately.  You can sell the shares in the open market at that point in time.\n\nOtherwise, you will be offered shares of the parent company (one who is buying out smaller company).  The number of shares will be a dollar-weighted average of the shares you own.  You will still come out with the same dollar amount in the long run after the conversion but it will likely be far fewer shares.
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Nothing to do with it....... they've been dropping a bit all over the place the last few weeks (or in the case of one or two of my UK stocks plummeting)...... I think it's a mix of the US dollar heading down in value, certain members of financial officialdom doing / saying the wrong things + I've noticed alot of Dividend payments cropping up on my SHAREBUILDER statements lately (already had 4 of them over Monday & Tuesday).
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Putting to much stock in something..\nFor What Goes Up WILL Come Down...\nTry and contain yourself always..or you'll be headed for a fall..
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This is kind of like asking how the government works. Its a little too broad a question. But basically when you buy stock, you buy a "small piece of the company" that can either go up or down in price for whatever reason. The stock markets are where these orders get traded. Its difficult to learn a lot about it because the more you know the less you need help from financial professionals. Just remember there are a lot of smart people with big money in the market and they want to get all the profit and stick the smaller fish with the losses. Wall Street Journal put out a book that shows you how to read the WSJ newspaper. Its a good way to learn about the market and the overall economy.I learned about the market from AM financial radio shows. Although they are always selling you something, if you listen close you can get alot of free advice. Between that and actually getting into the market I learned a ton. Just remember its all a risk and if you can't lose than don't play. Good Luck !
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No. By then it will all have been shuffled off to the stock market, invested and lost. You can blame the current Republican administration for that..
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The price history for the stock is adjusted for the amount of the split. \nSo if it's a 2 for 1 stock split, the price would be adjusted by half not JUST FOR TODAY'S stock price, but for all the prices going back in time.\n\nIt has no effect on the value of the stock.
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first of all this is NOT always true .. this was called a December effect or Christmas effect ... this was because mutual fund companies want to do window dressing, by buying stocks that were not in their portfolio. As an example if everyone knows Google did well last year , then no mutual fund manager wants to look like he does not have Google in the portfolio .. so they may buy some stock .. and hence it may go up \n\nhowever this is not always the case .. if it was then everyone will just sell short on dec 1st and buy on jan1st.
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It simply means your share amount will be cut.\nExample:\nIF they do a 5 to 1 split your 10,000 shares will be divided by 5.  You will be left with 2000 shares. \n\nThis split will raise the price of the stock dramatically but since your shares were cut in the first place you basically stay right where you are in terms of money.\n\nI had this happen, I left everything alone and all turned out fine.\n\nThe reverse split is opposite the regular split.  You probably know that the when stocks split they go way down in price...  This is a huge indication to buy while that price is LOW.  Yet many do not understand and they get scared of the price dropping and sell out.  To which they lose almost all their money!  DUMB idea but some people really shouldn't be investing if they cannot control their fear.\n\nThanks for asking such a good question !!  I tried to put the answer in the simplest form.\n\nHappy Black Friday ! \n\n : )
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After a stock split an investor who owns the stock would have twice as many shares (if it was a 2 for 1 stock split).  But the value of each share is cut in half.  So there is no real change in value for the investor.\n\n(Similarly for a 3 for a split: 3 times as many shares at a third of the value per share, etc.)\n\nCompanies split their stock for several reasons, not the least of which is that it improves the liquidity of their stock.  If a stock typically has low trade volume, then the same dollar amounts traded in the future would double the share volume.  Other reasons could be that small investors would be more likely to buy the stock if the price is lower, and also, if a company wants to eventually be listed on the NYSE instead of the NASDAQ, then they must have a certain minimum number of shares outstanding (as well as a certain market capitalization).\n\nHope this helps.\n\nBy the way, typically, when a company splits its stocks it is because they think they will continue to do well.  the last thing they want is for the price to fall TOO low and then later have to do a reverse split.  For this reason, following a split, some stocks may perform slightly better than normal.
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Be sensible. The stock market may well drop, as its main beneficiaries are all Republicans..but it will only allow itself to drop momentarily, simply because its interests are not served by a panic-driven  long term collapse.\n\nWhy shoot your own profits in the foot if you dont have to?