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ERROR MARGIN SLIM WITH THINLY TRADED STOCKS
[STATEWIDE Edition]
Hartford Courant - Hartford, Conn.
Author: Stephen M. Williams is a business writer for The Courant.
Date: Mar 19, 1995
Start Page: E.1
Section: BUSINESS
Text Word Count: 897
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Small, thinly traded stocks can be a double- edged sword for investors such as Jean-Marie Eveillard, portfolio manager of the $1.8 billion SoGen International Fund.

In fact, most small investors should probably avoid thinly traded, or infrequently traded, shares because they are so volatile. Because there are usually few buyers and sellers of these stocks, a large buy or sell order can run the price up rapidly or drive it downward just as fast.

"A mutual fund can buy stocks that might not be prudent for {individual} investors," said Peter M. Miller, regional vice president of A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. "You buy a mutual fund for diversification."

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