Cited answers would be great!!! Thank you!

 
  • Dale K 3:55 am on September 1, 2010

    Mutual fund companies are very careful not to buy / or sell inordinate "blocks" of stocks at any one time as to not effect the market. That is why some funds close to new investors because they can’t find enough good stocks to invest the new funds given to them. They cannot according to SEC laws buy over certian marketable percentages of individual securites.

    Hope that helps,

    Dale

  • jebediabartlett 3:55 am on September 1, 2010

    Not as much mutual funds ( restrictions mentioned in another answer)…but hedge funds can and do affect market prices. Most market watchers right now claim that the reason most energy prices are coming down is because hedge funds are selling off their energy profits to compensate for their losses in the mortgage industry.( So their monthly report to unit holders still shows a profit)

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