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Why do shares move in value?

When a share price rises by a few pence we take this as confirmation of our own good judgement. But when a share price suddenly slips, we immediately fear the worst. We are tempted to cut and run. Most of the time there should be no cause for alarm at an early stage as share prices oscillate for all sorts of reasons. Some are to do with market sentiment as a whole. There are days when market sentiment is so poor that share prices fall across the board. And there are other times when big 'sector shifts' take place. Such moves are indiscriminate. But there is plenty of trading in individual shares in which there is no implicit view of the company itself. 

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