| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 1,725,286,186 visitors served. |
|
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
Bid and Ask |
Also found in: Wikipedia | 0.01 sec. |
|
Bid and Ask On an exchange, the difference between the highest price a buyer of a security or other asset is willing to pay (the bid) and the lowest price at which a seller is willing to sell (the ask). Generally speaking, the more liquid an asset is, the less difference there is between the bid and the ask. As a result, currency, which is considered the most liquid asset, has an extremely low difference. Bid and ask is more commonly known as the bid-ask spread. Bid and ask. Bid and ask is better known as a quotation or quote. Bid is the price a market maker or broker offers to pay for a security, and ask is the price at which a market maker or dealer offers to sell. The difference between the two prices is called the spread. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| ? Mentioned in | ? References in periodicals archive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| That wide spread between bid-ask prices was the result of renewed optimism of cattlemen. ``We strongly believe that maintaining our Nasdaq SmallCap Market listing is in the best interest of all shareholders as it provides greater share liquidity by the way of potentially higher trading volumes, lower bid-ask spreads, and a higher number of market makers,'' Ghauri said in a statement. This market is the deepest and broadest of all securities markets, offering widespread economic benefits by permitting transactions of enormous size to be conducted at razor-thin bid-ask spreads. |
| Financial Dictionary |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|---|