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Why not? Is there data about how much of GOOG or other stocks is owned by "individual investors" vs market makers?
by chubot 13y ago
Why not? Is there data about how much of GOOG or other stocks is owned by "individual investors" vs market makers?
- gibybo 13y agoThere is, to some extent. http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/goog/ownership-summary http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/goog/ownership-summary FMR LLC owns 18 million shares, Vanguard owns 12 million, Barclays owns 7 million, etc.
- adw 13y agoWorth noting that those names highly likely point at index funds. In other words, a lot of those shares are economically in the hands of small investors. (I'm sure some of them are in my 401K.)
- tanzam75 13y agoFidelity is mostly actively-managed, as is T. Rowe Price. They may still be owned by small investors, but they are not index funds. Rather, they're "mutual" funds. State Street and BGI are 100% indexed, and Vanguard is 90% indexed.
- adw 13y agoThanks for the clarification –- I misspoke. The distinction I was trying to draw is that this is most likely not prop trading.
- tanzam75 13y agoThose are "institutional investors," not "market makers." Market makers try their best to hold 0 shares. Note that some of Fidelity's shares, about 90% of Vanguard's shares, and 100% of BlackRock's [1] shares are held on behalf of index funds or index-linked ETFs. As passive holders, they do not trade on market news. [1]: Barclays Global Investors is actually owned by BlackRock, not by Barclays.