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Bid /Ask Spreads - Market Manipulation
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Why are bid/ask spreads so big? Is the marketmaker system corrupt? Why are middlemen necessary anyway? Are individual investors getting a fair deal?...Two articles have generated quite a bit of interest in the SI forums recently, so I thought I'd link them in one more time.

Forbes article, "One day soon the music's going to stop" forbes.com

George Chelekis' HOT STOCKS REVIEW, "Hot Stocks Confidential Essay"
hot-stocks.com
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308Another tidbit: brokerages have this habit of holding orders placed until they mJustinfo-9/11/2013
307Anyone around know how many market makers per equity? Is it dependent on shares Justinfo-9/10/2013
306Hoping to revive this thread and get some current market mechanics discussions gJustinfo-9/10/2013
305 I would like to do some research on Nasdaq stocks with spreads 1/4 pt and largejluker-5/17/1998
304 To all: How is the last sale price set for a stock? Sometimes the last sale pritom jones-3/22/1998
303 the "quote" is the bid and asked price I think you are confusing the hcm1943-3/22/1998
302 To all: How is the quote price set for a stock? Sometimes the quote price istom jones-3/22/1998
301 OK let's manipulate the market: since the market dropped due to core ratehcm1943-4/12/1997
300 Bob, Thanks for your detailed explanation. It is very appreciated. BobSidney Reilly-4/12/1997
299 The bid size is the amount of shares the MM is willing to purchase from those iRobert Graham-4/11/1997
298 Terry: Good article. Not because of the impartiality of it, but because it giv-----------4/11/1997
297 I wonder why no one thinks it's obscene when a lawyer get 30-40% after exphcm1943-4/10/1997
296 TO ALL - First one bites the bullet. They are terrible - but a great skybox at Terry D-4/10/1997
295 Terry: I totally concur that no side of this, OR ANY, business is totally clea-----------4/10/1997
294 To all - Good thread. I sent CNBC an email question when they had Meyer BermanTerry D-4/9/1997
293 Don't even get me started on the SEC! These guys make the Gestapo look like-----------4/8/1997
292 Here is where everybody is going to get screwed royaly all in the name of faihcm1943-4/7/1997
291 I remember the article well. There were only 2 or 3 folks here at that time. Th-----------4/7/1997
290 I FOUND A FAN Thanks for your support, now read the the absurd Forbes articlehcm1943-4/6/1997
289 It's ABOUT TIME!! Whoever you are, you fully understand why they are calle-----------4/6/1997
288 Bob: It's a meaningless an deceiving number that only shows what the insidhcm1943-4/6/1997
287 hi hcm, I'm sure I am wrong. I was trying to find out if the bid/ask sizSidney Reilly-4/6/1997
286 re: your post #264 in a word... Wronghcm1943-4/6/1997
285 One of the GOOD things about the system is that such an inconsistency could not-----------3/24/1997
284 Craig: Wish I could help you, but I have no idea what you were looking at, as -----------3/20/1997
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