RE:RE:TIME IS NOW TO FIND A MERGE PARTNERSHIP I hear this comment occasionally about a stock price being artificially kept down. I know there are always trading games in play but what would be the motive of keeping a stock price down especially in a rising sectoral market with an increasing oil price? I am not sure what the reward would be especially in light of the risk being taken on.
I think stocks lagging in this market are not being held down. There are just an abundance of sellers who see better deals elsewhere for myriad reasons. If a significant player wants to buy a significant position in a company and not drive up the price, I think they would simply have to patiently buy in small lots. Selling the shares to buy them lower just would not result in a position of any significance.
I think that YGR and OBe and many other names are just not the first choice for investors largely because of liquidity issues. You cannot get any volume without driving up the price. At some point though the price is just too compelling to ignore and the price surges. We have seen this before and it will happen again.