Stock investors had little reaction to the news.

If superlative stock investors exist, after all, they'd buy only the handful of shares that promise to produce the biggest returns.

As such, common stock investors often receive nothing after a bankruptcy.

However, when poor financial, ethical or managerial records are known by the stock investors, the stock and the company tend to lose value.

Participants in the stock market range from small individual stock investors to larger hedge fund traders investors, who can be based anywhere in the world.