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Bid-Ask Spread On an exchange, the difference between the highest price a buyer of a security or other asset is willing to pay and the lowest price a seller is willing to offer. Generally speaking, the more liquid an asset is, the lower the bid-ask spread is. As a result, currency, which is considered the most liquid asset, has an extremely low bid-ask 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. |
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| With these advanced optimization and simulation techniques speeding the velocity of today's equity markets, we knew our pre-trade research needed to go beyond simple average bid-offer spread or price variance techniques," stated Tim Sargent, CFA, President of QSG. Positively for liquidity, the absolute number of reference names that are quoted in the CDS market increased over the period, while CDS bid-offer spreads compressed dramatically. The first catalogue of notes is already being quoted with a tight bid-offer spread. |
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