Your stock market questions answered

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Originally Posted by UT

Once the pieces of paper go out, the companies can issue more paper

Is there a limit? When you've given away over 50% is it still your company?

Originally Posted by UT

everyone has a different belief about the value and future value, so the price has to be agreed upon and it changes all the time.

So really, when one buys shares, one would negotiate the share price? If demand determines price, surely there wouldn't be fixed prices like you see in the stock exchange? Or is that just an average price?

Originally Posted by UT

The actual current value is whatever someone was willing to pay

and this would apply to share prices not just overall company price?


I am kind of beginning to understand it, in a still not really getting it kind of way. I understand the wider points about market conditions, supply and demand now, but the fine points about how it all happens....