Since I too enjoy nitpicking articles about nitpicking... "Investors are fleeing the market." Every stock is owned by someone all the time. Sure, but the num

Since I too enjoy nitpicking articles about nitpicking... "Investors are fleeing the market." Every stock is owned by someone all the time. Sure, but the number of people that own stocks can decrease or increase. I don't have hard data, but I would bet that less people own stocks when they are low than when they are high, which would mean the phrase works as intended.