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Strategies & Market Trends : Three Amigos Stock Thread
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To: BK who wrote (15023)4/12/1999 9:37:00 AM
From: Sal D  Read Replies (1) of 29382
 
BK,
The total number of authorized shares in the hands of their owners are called total shares outstanding. Company officers and directors may hold a substantial number of the shares outstanding, especially in small growth companies. Also they may be under certain restrictions as to how many shares they can sell at any given time. Stocks held by these insiders is commonly deducted from the total shares outstanding. The remaining shares are called the float. Shares that make up the float are those that are easily tradeable.

5,000,000 shares outstanding minus 1,500,000 shares held by company officers equals 3,500,000 float.

Stocks with a very small float are illiquid and very price sensitive to a small increase in volume.

Joe
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