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Circuit City Liquidation: Shareholders Out of Luck

By Katy Marquardt

Posted: January 16, 2009

Unfortunately for investors in Circuit City, which is going after approval to liquidate the company, there doesn't look to be any remaining value for common-stock shareholders.

Circuit City's stock, which traded around $20 in January 2007 and $4 in January 2008, is worth virtually nothing today. If you're interested in background, check out The Consumerist's posting of "The Decline and Fall of Circuit City" graph.

Mutual-fund investors shouldn't worry. According to Morningstar, as of September 30, the few mutual funds that still held the stock had a small number of shares.

Wednesday, TCW, the company's largest shareholder, shed 18 million shares of the company yesterday, dropping its stake from nearly 11 percent to 0.2 percent.

sorrow

i lost my life savings of 60,000 im thirty put off having kids so i could give them what i didnt have worked hard and feel cheated circuit city could have fought harder to stay in business they owed us that much for backing them up in good and bad times

steve of CA @ Mar 05, 2009 22:15:52 PM

mark wattles

mark wattles does he get his money back?

steve of CA @ Mar 05, 2009 22:13:07 PM

mark wattles

mark wattles does he get his money back?

steve of CA @ Mar 05, 2009 22:13:06 PM

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Katy Marquardt, a senior editor at U.S.News & World Report, takes a contemporary look at happenings in the financial world and aims to help young investors get going with their portfolios--or just sound cool at cocktail parties. Have a question? E-mail Katy at newmoney@usnews.com

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