RE: RE: spike in price OK I looked it up, and BCM wasn't sold down by one major shareholder.
It was sold off by about 10 small-fry.
Here was the insto ownership of BCM as of Aug 14th:
https://myownmarketnarrative.blogspot.ca/2012/08/watch-as-newbie-retail-tries-to-figure.html
Here's the insto ownership updated:
https://cart.morningstar.ca/Quicktakes/owners/MajorShareholders.aspx?t=BCM®ion=CAN&culture=en-CA
You'll see the bottom 11 institutions have all sold.
Which makes more sense - the crash in BCM did look a fair bit like a stampede for the exits. And selling does get more desperate when a bunch of people are all competing to see who can bottom-tick the stock.