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Re: Tasslehoff post# 2

Saturday, 12/22/2012 2:11:19 PM

Saturday, December 22, 2012 2:11:19 PM

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The float is basically the amount of shares that can be bought and sold between traders. For example, a company may have 100 million shares outstanding. If 20 million are restricted shares, then the float would be 80 million shares.

By the way, there is a board similar to this one:

http://investorshub.advfn.com/NEWBIES-BOARD-23086/
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