Nick, if you want to read about investing and business in general, I would recommend reading Warren Buffett's annual letters to shareholders.

That prices are lower today because current shareholders feel that no or a reduced market will exist for the shares the current owners want to sell?

This link was buried in one of our threads and I felt it was something that everyone could benefit from drastically after reading through the information. Special thanks go out to Vikram for sharing this:

BERKSHIRE ...

Speaking of sheep, the BoA Shareholders re-elected the

GM shareholders?

=====================A while back I saw an articlethe person buying the property and running the businesswanted every day people with herShe offered shares $5,000 eachwhich could be shared5 x $1,000 eachwith one person in charge ofeach $5,000 investment.They could purchase as many shares as they wantedbut no Majority share holder voting allowed.Everyone had equal say.She was always Chairman and CEO.On her death the property and business would be soldand investors paid. 23 shares x $5,000 = $115,000and she put in up to $10,000Do you know of a deal like this?

While there are no taxes or penalties for using the plan funds to become a shareholder of your corporation, the corporation will operate in the taxable realm. 

The fund admin is required to withhold taxes on the nonresident alien.The nonresident alien will be required to file a tax return to remit taxes/claim refund.Many nonresident aliens prefer to be shareholders in a C-corp that invests in a fund.

Don't pierce the corporate Veil:  This can occur if the entity either is poorly capitalized.Inadequate Initial Funding of the entityor fails to maintain a separate identity from its ownersConversion of entities Assets for Personal Benefit:Another factor that poses a risk of piercing the corporate veil is the draining of entities assets (such as payments of large salaries to shareholder-employees) that leaves the entity with inadequate resources to pay its debts. 

This is the whole point of business entities -- they are SEPARATE from their shareholders/owners.