Vocabobobo  +  603875 Wed, 03 Dec 08 10:48 PM Hello. Could anyone tell me what "shareholder run" means please? I found the phrase in a news article discussing the current state of American economy (and what Barack Obama may do about it when he is a President). The phrase was in the following sentence: ...and the Federal Goverment was forced to rush to halt a shareholder run on the giant banking conglomerate CItigroup. Thanks a lot in advance. Vocabobobo Joined on Mon, Feb 19 2007 Canada Junior Member 64 Articles

	Clive  +  603940 Wed, 03 Dec 08 11:56 PM Hi, I believe it's where a lot of the shareholders panic and start to sell their shares. This makes the share price go down. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,628 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	jamesglick  +  604267 Thu, 04 Dec 08 06:17 AM Clive is right. Think of it as a mass of people literally running to a bank to withdraw their money because they think the institution will financially collapse. Similarly, a shareholder run is a unusually large group of shareholders wishing to get their investments sold before they become worthless, the act of which actually causes the investment to become worthless, especially if enough shareholders perceive the corporation they have invested in is unstable and about to go under. jamesglick Joined on Mon, Nov 24 2008 New Member 25 James Glick Author of TalkTrain