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Price Manipulation on AIM

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  • tin586
    tin586 Posts: 98 Forumite
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    I own an AIM stock. It’s thinly traded and the bid-offer spread is quite large.
    On a couple of occasions I have seen strange things happen to the price (huge drops for no reason I can find).
    I’ve put it down to a tree shake (google it), but not let it worry me as I am not a short term trader.
  • mklister
    mklister Posts: 35 Forumite
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    Through Fidelity I put £500 into the TM Cavendish AIM Fund B Inc last year. It's gone up by £130.

    Safer having funds rather than individual shares. I also wouldn't ever put all my eggs in one basket, I have 2 other funds Legal & General Global Technology, and Legal & General Multi-index Income 6 Fund.
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    tin586 wrote: »
    On a couple of occasions I have seen strange things happen to the price (huge drops for no reason I can find).

    Worth having a dig into the share trades in the day. Particularly those off book. Large lines of stock often get placed rather than traded in the open market.
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