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  2. Bid price - Wikipedia

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    A bid price is the highest price that a buyer (i.e., bidder) is willing to pay for some goods. It is usually referred to simply as the "bid". In bid and ask, the bid price stands in contrast to the ask price or "offer", and the difference between the two is called the bid–ask spread. An unsolicited bid or purchase offer is when a person or ...

  3. Single-price auction - Wikipedia

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    Single-price auctions are a pricing method in securities auctions that give all purchasers of an issue the same purchase price. They can be perceived as modified Dutch auctions . This method has been used since 1992 when it debuted as an experiment of the U.S. Treasury for all auctions of 2-year and 5-year notes.

  4. Financial quote - Wikipedia

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    For instance, if a trader submits a limit order to buy 1,000 shares of MSFT at $28.00, this order will appear in a market maker for MSFT's book with a bid of $28.00 and a bid size of 1000. The difference between the bid and ask price is known as the bid–ask spread.

  5. Who pays closing costs, the buyer or the seller? - AOL

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    There’s no set number when it comes to closing costs. Typically, homebuyers can expect to pay around 2 to 5 percent of the home’s sale price in closing fees, according to Fannie Mae. On a ...

  6. Reverse auction - Wikipedia

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    The auction opens with the first item with a specified start price and increases by the price change value (amount or percentage) after a fixed interval. The start price keeps on increasing until any supplier places a bid or the start price reaches the reserved price. After the bidding is closed for the item it moves to another item sequentially.

  7. Auction theory - Wikipedia

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    Online auctions often use an equivalent version of Vickrey's second-price auction wherein bidders provide proxy bids for items. A proxy bid is an amount an individual values some item at. The online auction house will bid up the price of the item until the proxy bid for the winner is at the top.

  8. Opening price for a stock: What it is and how it’s set - AOL

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    The closing price is influenced by trading that happens throughout the day and is set by a final trade or auction for the day depending on the exchange. For instance, the NYSE gathers all buyers ...

  9. Bidding - Wikipedia

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    As long as they are pushing it up towards the reserve price, then it is not an issue. If you don't want to bid at the price the auctioneer is asking, don't bid. If the goods don't meet the reserve and no-one but you wants to buy, then if the auctioneer didn't bid off the wall to meet the required price, the goods wouldn't be sold anyway.