Yes, I know. The companies always point out that they are restricted, like it is a loan that doesn't have to be paid back or something. However, it never fails that by the time the restriction clause is lifted, the company's retail share value is in worse shape than when they first put out the shares, just as is the case of NMKT now. I often wish they would just give the shares out for selling, right then and there so that us retail shareholders would not have to go through waiting year after year after year of continual lifting of restrictions with shares continually coming into our market.
Restriction really seems to be used as another distraction and avoidance technique, but BOY, when those shares become avaiable to sell, us shareholders are left holding the bags. If you are going to give away some of my investment in the company, just do it and get it over with. I hate all the stupid little mind games. When longs keep posting about how there is incessant MM manipulation, THIS IS WHERE ALL THE MANIPULATION COMES INTO THE GAME.
And who gives them the power to do the manipulating?
You got it - THE COMPANY!!!
All those big guys with all those promises of all those restricted shares all too often are at a much better advantage of finding some way to hold the company share price down until they can convert and sell those shares, while retail investors sit year after year on dead money waiting for the restrictions to be lifted so we can then get the big club against our skulls.
I had a lot of shares for a RETAIL investor, but my shares were not a drop in the bucket against all those millions that the company has given out in deals that are flooding the market. THEY are the ones that determine which way this share price is heading - I just chose to go with the flow that they creat. Only way you can do it when the company keeps giving pieces of your invested monies away in their deals.
