RE: BHP bond thing21 Sep 2020 18:48
Sorry DBW, don't understand the question, nothing has changed, I thought they were going to production then, and still do.
Ok we got the FN funding, and the book is more diverse today, all reasons why production is the most likely route.
The question on low volume, OK will try to explain this.
If you have a company that trades less than 0.75% of it's market cap on the same day, everyday, that is considered low volume.
We have to understand that traders, may buy and sell the same shares, more than once a day, so while this looks like a bigger volume, it is disguised.
Imagine Solgold was trading 15 million shares a day, everyday, then we start to get a realistic price.
The reason is twofold.
First : Traders find it harder to make a profit on a share, with a liquid market. This is because they cannot see the direction of travel, so quickly, and if someone sells, then you have someone, waiting to buy within minutes. The more liquid a share is the more trades, the more institutions take notice, and they will buy.
Institutions don't trade in illiquid stock, unless they take a position and hold. ( investment, not traded )
Second : When we get more people taking a position, and we still get 0.75% of trades, their is less stock. So imagine if you have people taking positions in Solgold, with an illiquid market, we could get 2-3 million extra buys or sells a day, and the price would barely move. Hence we get a uncrossing trade at the end of the day, and this happens day after day.
Summing up, a liquid stock, means that the investor can sell and buy larger amounts of shares in a single trade, at a better price, because they can be sure they get a price within the spread.
Other factors are involved, but that's the basics.