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by tromp 1873 days ago
If I buy the stock in order to hold it for 30 years, doesn't that reduce liquidity?
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No, because your holding increases the price until someone else decides it's time to tell. In other words, the lack of liquidity increases price. Regarding your original question, that increase is GOOD for the company because it can raise more money for selling the same amount of stock.
You cannot argue that buying raises the price and selling drops it, since every trade has a buyer and s seller.