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  2. Bid-ask spread: What it is and how it works - AOL

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    Because of this, active traders in particular may want to pay attention to the bid-ask spread. For example, if a stock price has a bid price of $100 and an ask price of $100.05, the bid-ask spread ...

  3. Bid–ask spread - Wikipedia

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    The bidask spread (also bid–offer or bid/ask and buy/sell in the case of a market maker) is the difference between the prices quoted (either by a single market maker or in a limit order book) for an immediate sale and an immediate purchase for stocks, futures contracts, options, or currency pairs in some auction scenario.

  4. Market maker - Wikipedia

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    A market maker or liquidity provider is a company or an individual that quotes both a buy and a sell price in a tradable asset held in inventory, hoping to make a profit on the difference, which is called the bidask spread or turn. [1] This stabilizes the market, reducing price variation by setting a trading price range for the asset.

  5. SEAQ - Wikipedia

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    The idea behind the SEAQ system is that individual investors should always be able to trade and that the element of competition between market-makers should lead to narrower dealing Bidask spreads. However, Bid/Ask spreads and hence trading costs on SEAQ are typically high because of the combination of the market-maker driven trading system ...

  6. Glossary of stock market terms - Wikipedia

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    Widow-and-orphan stock: a stock that reliably provides a regular dividend while also yielding a slow but steady rise in market value over the long term. [13] Witching hour: the last hour of stock trading between 3 pm (when the bond market closes) and 4 pm EST (when the stock market closes), which can be characterized by higher-than-average ...

  7. Dollar-cost averaging: How to stop worrying about the market ...

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    Let's say you decide to invest $1,000 each month in a mutual fund — a basket of hundreds or thousands of stocks and bonds. Some months the share price might be $45, others $40, and still others $50.

  8. TREASURIES-Yields decline as global equity rout sparks ... - AOL

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    * Concerns about slowing global growth adds to bond bid * Bond market closed Thursday, closes early Friday By Karen Brettell NEW YORK, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Benchmark U.S. Treasury yields fell to ...

  9. Order book - Wikipedia

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    In securities trading, an order book contains the list of buy orders and the list of sell orders. For each entry it must keep among others, some means of identifying the party (even if this identification is obscured, as in a dark pool), the number of securities and the price that the buyer or seller are bidding/asking for the particular security.