There is nothing wrong in accepting a loss for a trade that goes against you for a stock that is more promising, but firstly your normal advocacy is to buy more of a falling stock, and secondly your investment plan should keep you out
of illiquid stocks.
Not exact matches
VC's invested their limited partners» «risk capital» in a portfolio
of startups in exchange for
illiquid stock.
Turning
illiquid private - company
stock into cash by selling shares to the public required engaging a top investment bank, which typically wouldn't take a company public until it had had five profitable quarters
of increasing revenue.
With the mean time from funding to exit for a startup increasing from 2 - 5 years in the early 2000s to an average
of 6 - 10 years today, an employee may hold
illiquid stock for quite some time while undergoing major life events such as marriage, birth
of a child, home purchase, or graduate education.
Given the absence
of a public trading market
of our common
stock, and in accordance with the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation
of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board
of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate
of fair value
of our common
stock, including independent third - party valuations
of our common
stock; the prices at which we sold shares
of our convertible preferred
stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges
of our convertible preferred
stock relative to those
of our common
stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack
of marketability
of our common
stock; the hiring
of key personnel and the experience
of our management; the introduction
of new products; our stage
of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve
illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood
of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale
of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history
of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.
When these loans became
illiquid, and the firm had no ability to pay back its creditors, Lehman Brothers experienced a credit crunch; it could no longer cheaply raise cash via debt issuance, and issuing
stock under such conditions led to both dilution
of shares and negative sentiment, which caused its share price to fall.
1: The Fund Manager 2: Skin in the Game 3: Long - term Historical Performance 4: Concentrated Holdings 5: Low Turnover
of Stocks 6: A Fund that has not Grown too Big, or is too Small /
Illiquid
If
stocks do 10 % going forward and a hedge fund that charges 2 and 20 takes 3 %
of your money in fees you've only got 7 % left, plus it's leveraged, holds
illiquid securities, etc..
A: Many
of the
stocks profiled will be smaller, and some
illiquid, but all are investable.
Pluris» proprietary LiquiStat database includes valuation data from recent sales
of illiquid assets: restricted
stock, warrants, options, convertibles, auction rate securities, structured products, bankruptcy claims, private company
stock, and limited partner interests.
Now, it's true that I think the undisturbed
stock price
of IMS Health (a $ 2 - $ 3 billion, listed, liquid
stock) was not quite as cheap as the undisturbed
stock price
of Bancinsurance (a sub $ 50 million market cap, unlisted,
illiquid, and closely held
stock).
The former can make sense, Weckbach notes, when one
of their multiple accounts includes an
illiquid investment (such as a
stock position in a small company) that's not easily sold in order to raise funds for an RMD.
Publicly traded property
stocks provide exposure to real estate, an
illiquid asset class, without sacrificing the liquidity benefits
of listed equities.
As a result, those that make markets, or buy and sell
stocks tend to be more cautious in setting prices to buy and sell
illiquid securities because
of the difficulty
of trading, and the problem
of moving the market away from you with a large order.
Bad choices might include the
stock market (too risky) or a 5 year certificate
of deposit (too
illiquid).
Having traded small and microcap
stocks, and traded
illiquid bonds, I am less afraid
of illiquidity than many are.
Given that many
of the
stocks on the list are relatively
illiquid, real results will differ.
We saw investors start to dump
illiquid small capitalization
stocks using an order process that may be summarized as «Just get me out
of this
stock!»
Upgrading means investors dump their
illiquid / ignominious
stocks in favor
of more well known companies that are trading at a discount.
One reason that several
of the Fund's
illiquid common
stocks fell during the quarter is that many value managers, who might hold similar
stocks, saw the opportunity to «upgrade» their portfolios during mid-late September.
Many
of the
stocks are extremely small and
illiquid, so any fund or ETF that tried to replicate the index would suffer from huge tracking error.
As a result, those that make markets, or buy and sell
stocks tend to be more cautious in setting prices to buy and sell
illiquid securities because
of the difficulty
of trading, and the problem
of moving the market away from you with a large order.
Comments have been made concerning the
illiquid state
of this
stock as well as volume and such.
While there's not a huge amount to be gained in holding 99 shares, like the above, it does highlight the inefficiency around many
of these smaller, more
illiquid stocks.
Bad choices might include the
stock market (too risky) or a 5 year certificate
of deposit (too
illiquid).
In the view
of John Maynard Keynes,
stock valuation is not a prediction but a convention, which serves to facilitate investment and ensure that
stocks are liquid, despite being underpinned by an
illiquid business and its
illiquid investments, such as factories.
The rules have come in the wake
of changes in the mutual fund industry, as funds have now moved beyond the mere pooling
of stocks and bonds into riskier and more complex categories such as alternative and
illiquid investments and leveraged funds.
My kind
of stocks might be too small and too
illiquid for you guys.
One factor that can possibly explain the low share price
of Webco (besides the fact that it is unlisted, small and
illiquid) is the fact that the Wells Fargo Small Cap Value Fund has been a consistent seller
of the
stock since 2015.
On the other hand,
illiquid markets, such as those for thinly traded fixed income securities and small cap
stocks, can see bid - offers spreads
of over 1 %
of the asset's price.
Of course, we're already seeing this phenomenon in terms of investor sentiment & the markets... and conversely, small cap / value stocks are now being generally neglected as far too difficult & illiquid a proposition for most such buyer
Of course, we're already seeing this phenomenon in terms
of investor sentiment & the markets... and conversely, small cap / value stocks are now being generally neglected as far too difficult & illiquid a proposition for most such buyer
of investor sentiment & the markets... and conversely, small cap / value
stocks are now being generally neglected as far too difficult &
illiquid a proposition for most such buyers.
Stocks tend to be small and
illiquid, which puts a limit on the amount
of capital that can be safely run using it.
So if a
stock for example has last sale price
of $ 0.50, has a highest bid price
of $ 0.40 and a lowest offer price
of $ 0.60, and an average daily volume
of 10000 share, it is likely to be very
illiquid.
While not a huge number, it is significant given the
illiquid nature
of the
stock.
The bulk
of the opportunities remain in undervalued, smaller, more
illiquid situations that often represent average or slightly above - average businesses — these
stocks, having largely missed out on the speculative ride up, have nevertheless frequently been pushed down to absurd levels owing to their illiquidity during a general market panic.
A: Many
of the
stocks profiled will be smaller, and some
illiquid, but all are investable.
Publicly traded property
stocks provide exposure to real estate, an
illiquid asset class, without sacrificing the liquidity benefits
of listed equities.
You could have just written I like GARP investing in
illiquid, under researched
stocks and saved yourself a lot
of time writing.
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I would estimate I lose several percentage points
of gain on both sides
of the trade, but the potential for extraordinary returns on these
illiquid stocks is worth the time and effort.
Instances would include an executive who has received sizable bonuses
of restricted
stock in his or her company, an investor who has committed a significant portion
of his or her portfolio to a temporarily
illiquid position, and a real estate developer who is in the process
of subdividing and developing a large tract
of land.
Most have rarely lost money in this market and only a few have ever experienced the frustration
of being trapped in an
illiquid asset like the
stock of a private company.