I guess I understand supply and demand – I have something I judge more valuable, I’ll ask for a higher price to sell it for.
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I wonder how company stock is valued – Is it enough to have one single person ask for a certain price for a stock to change its value?
I guess I’d like to understand it in terms of a company that only has 10 shares. If I’m the owner of one, how impactful am I in changing its price?
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A stock quote is literally the last purchase that was executed, meaning a buyer and seller agreed to a price. If I put in an order to sell 1 share, that’s a quote. If a mutual fund puts in an order to buy 1 million shares, that’s a quote.
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