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To: Gottfried who wrote (41054)12/21/2000 9:26:35 PM
From: Math Junkie  Respond to of 70976
 
Hey, anytime I can BS my way through a question that I don't know any more about than you do, you just give a holler, you hear? <G>



To: Gottfried who wrote (41054)12/22/2000 10:17:29 AM
From: willcousa  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 70976
 
Gottfried, another way to think about the issue, nicely explained by Richard, is to think about what happens when an extremely large block of stock comes into the market. It generally sells for less than the prevailing market because there is not enough demand to support the price at the prevailing level.