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An insufficiency of share supply was holding down Goldman Sachs shares not long after it went public in 1999. That’s why Goldman’s partners were given a chance to sell more of their shares in a secondary offering. A lack of “float” in GS shares made it difficult for the biggest institutional investors to own a piece of the company. To buy GS shares they needed the capabilit... Read More