The cost of certain types of investments, such as stocks and real estate, is affected by the public's tendency to want to be part of the pack; if a particular stock is bought by high-profile investors, the public may rush to follow suit, thereby ____.

Which of the following best completes the passage above?

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limiting the number of shares available for purchase by institutional investors

driving up the price of the stock

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reducing the possibility that the stock will earn high profits

putting pressure on the company to pay higher dividends

endangering the stock offerings of new companies

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What this question tests

Whether you can identify the argument's main conclusion as opposed to a supporting premise.

Selecting a restatement of a premise or a side point instead of the central conclusion.