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MrBoomtown

05/06/14 5:03 PM

#37243 RE: Prattstocks #37242

market makers


Market Maker
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Filed Under: Capital Market
Definition of 'Market Maker'

A broker-dealer firm that accepts the risk of holding a certain number of shares of a particular security in order to facilitate trading in that security. Each market maker competes for customer order flow by displaying buy and sell quotations for a guaranteed number of shares. Once an order is received, the market maker immediately sells from its own inventory or seeks an offsetting order. This process takes place in mere seconds.

exploreit

05/06/14 5:04 PM

#37244 RE: Prattstocks #37242

market makers...that's companies like knight financial, gugenhiem etc google them.