Here it is in real living color and is what happens when a reported half of the shares in the public float are shorted.
The marketplace for this small company with limited public float has absorbed over 12 million new shares in just a few weeks.
Another director of BGC, Andrew Teo, who has sat in on the interview, chips in to say that a public float and stock exchange listing is possible.
The expiration released 800 million new shares into the public float, representing 35% of outstanding shares, and many expected the flood of supply to weigh on the stock.
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Indonesia doesn't require a minimum public float for listed companies.
It is struggling to attract customers, and has lead many investors to complete sum-of-the-parts valuations: Many believe Sears will either liquidate or that Lampert will buy the small public float that remains.
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After going public 18 months ago with a small float, Hornbeck found its lack of liquidity dismayed institutional buyers.
Mr Shamir's vision is to float 30% of the company in an initial public offering and to give 10% in stock options to employees.
There is no question that dividends are one way public companies return cash flow to investors, but statistics prove that float shrink is better for overall price performance as the stock of companies who shrink the float using free cash flow rise more then companies using the same amount of cash to pay dividends.
The company has 72.6 million shares in its "float" - the number of shares circulating among the general public.
The house, as evidenced by the 3, 000 largest U.S. public companies, in February for the first time since we started tracking monthly float six months ago shrank the number of shares outstanding at a 1.3% annual rate, compared with a 1.3% share growth rate in January and a 3% annual growth rate in the number of shares last October.
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