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inside market

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Inside Market

The highest quoted bid and the lowest offer price among competing market makers in a security trading on the Nasdaq market.

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This is another term for the market maker spread.

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See also: Bid, Market Maker Spread, Market Makers

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inside market

A market involving price quotes for a security trade between dealers. Price quotes between dealers usually entail a higher bid and a lower ask than quotes on the same security made to individual investors. Compare retail market. See also wholesale.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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