can someone help me understand this??

[cashclay]

At the top its says holder shares out value %. what exactly does that mean?? Is it saying how many shares these people sold?

 

[cashclay]

im sorry its suppose to say holder then shares then % out then value. This is suppose to be a graph. im jsut wondering what %out means.

 

[cashclay]

heres the chart picture im referring.

 

[Xela]

im jsut wondering what %out means.

It's an abbreviation for "the percentage of total shares outsanding" represented by the number shown in the column to its left.

More information here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shares_outstanding

 

[cashclay]

ah i see! well that makes now. thanks xela!!! that was great!~

 

[Xela]

ah ok and total shares outstanding means the amount of shares these people in ratio to the float?

Issued shares, yes. (Excluding treasury, i.e. unissued shares).

 

[cashclay]

but is there a way to know whether the shares that these institutions are holding are shorts or longs??

 

[Xela]

but is there a way to know whether the shares that these institutions are holding are shorts or longs??

Shares are neither "shorts" nor "longs": they're units of ownership.

More information here: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/shares.asp

 

[rolando87]

In the list that you are referring to (If i'm correct in assuming it's taken from morningstar.com), they are long positions only.