| 21. | They would get a better price by filling an order between the publicly quoted bid and ask prices.
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| 22. | With SOES ( pronounced like " sows " ), a trader can see the bid and ask prices.
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| 23. | That gave it the best bid-and-ask prices, crucial to the big trading desks at commercial and investment banks.
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| 24. | That means investors buy shares at the higher ask price and sell them at the lower bid price.
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| 25. | Schroeder expects the spread between bid and ask prices normally will be about 1 / 64 of 1 percent.
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| 26. | The market's middlemen make their living on the spread, the difference between a stock's best bid and ask price.
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| 27. | Wide spreads between bid and ask prices discourage trading and make it difficult for investors to value their holdings.
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| 28. | Olson puts a red flag next to bonds where the best bid and best ask price exceed 4 percent.
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| 29. | The inquiry focuses on the spread between bid and ask prices-- that is, the broker's profit on each stock trade.
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| 30. | "They recognize that the bidding-war frenzy has quieted and that they must ask prices that are realistic, " he said.
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