Sentences with phrase «sell illiquid stocks»

Trying to sell illiquid stocks on the market in a hurry can obviously be costly.

So only someone looking to lose money would use a market order to buy or sell an illiquid stock.

Not exact matches

Unlike shares in public companies, which can be easily sold if an investor wants out, stock in private ventures is largely illiquid.

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.

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.

SecondMarket, an online marketplace for buying and selling illiquid assets such as venture - backed private - company stock, is opening a Bitcoin trading platform for institutional investors.

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.

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.

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.

Private MIEs are illiquid investments and are not listed on a stock exchangeStock exchange A market in which securities are bought and sold.

The OP asks if there is a scenario when he / she wants to sell and no one wants to buy or when he / she wants to buy and no one wants to sell, then the limit order provides this scenario, especially in illiquid stocks.

If using a market order - yes you will buy or sell, but in an illiquid stock with a large spread you will get a very bad price for it, likely more than 10 % away from the last traded price.