Why Provenance remains the issue............The Math of The Market......
The Nasdaq Market Float Since 1997 Mon/Yr..Trade Days..# Compy..TotlVol...AverD Vol
Jul-97. 22.....6388... 14,659,052,996.. 666,320,591 Mar-98. 21.....6143... 17,694,084,535.. 842,575,454 Jul-99. 21.....5400... 21,249,135,986.. 1,001,863,618 Jan-00. 20.....5233.…. 33,859,912,232.. 1,692,995,612 Jul-03. 22.....3671... 38,984,813,325.. 1,772,036,969 Jan-04. 20.....3560... 46,649,555,963.. 2,332,477,798 Jul-05. 20.....3441.…. 33,681,072,462.. 1,684,053,623 Apr-06. 19.....3384... 40,846,016,058.. 2,149,790,319 Jul-07. 21.....3348... 46,780,102,818.. 2,227,623,944 Jan-08. 21.....3299... 56,616,100,438.. 2,696,004,783 Nov-08. 19.....3199... 42,460,731,579.. 2,234,775,346 Jul-09. 22.....3024... 48,456,198,558.. 2,202,554,480 Apr-10. 21.....2982... 53,597,263,077.. 2,552,250,623 May-10.........2977....57,205,068,222.. 2,860,253,411* Flash Crash 5-6 4.5bil 2943companies Sept-10........2914.... Nov-10.........2941....42,183,589,365..2,008,742,351 Dec-10........2900.... Mar 2011.........2914....40,289,690,615..2,120,510,032 May 2011 ........2881 43,314,364,851 .. 2,062,588,802 July 11.............2857 38,302,934,478... 1,915,146,724 Oct 2011 21.....2842 44,691,480,4311...2,128,165,735 |