With Thanksgiving leftovers gone (hopefully) and the holiday season upon us, let’s pick up a couple investor relations tips to help us finish out the year the best we can.
But first, we’ll answer that question smoldering like a $10 bill in the pocket of a twelve-year-old: “Did order flow last week indicate that real money was back fueling stocks?”
The short answer is no. The long answer is also no. Liquidity providers, who furnish shares to market centers instead of taking them away were almost unchanged in the ranks. The exception was the 29th and 30th, when retail and time-slice and alternative platforms were way up. This indicated that month-end activity trumped any wish to pick up bargains. In English, this means that a frantic search for liquidity to protect against downside risks reasserted itself on 11/29-30. Buying was selective and specific. » Read more: Investor Relations Lessons on Month-End Trading – Technical Corrections
