The cost of a good or service.
The cost of a good or service.
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Can someone explain a stock's "bid" vs. "ask" price relative to "current" price?
In my online brokerage account, I want to buy a particular stock and I see the following:
Bid: 13.20 x200 Ask: 13.27 x1,000
the current stock price is 13.22.
Can someone explain what the bid and ask prices mean relative to the current…
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In the stock market, why is the "open" price value never the same as previous day's "close"?
This is something that is mind-boggling to me, and it is particularly obvious in candlestick graphs:
Why is the open value never the same as the previous day's close value?
This is something I just don't get: on all the candlestick graphs, you can…
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Can the stock price go up even if no one is buying?
Let's assume there's this random company (XYZ)--that few are aware of--is selling stocks and they're doing really well. If their stock price is at $50 and no one is buying, will it still go up?
Do stock prices only go up when people are buying?
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Why do gas stations charge different amounts in the same local area?
I've noticed there can be a 5%-10% difference in the price of gas where I live. For example right now the cheapest premium price is $3.85 and the most expensive is $4.17. It's the same state and county, and the product being sold is considered a…
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How do I estimate the value of a small cabin rental business I want to buy?
My husband and I are retired. We are looking for a small business we can run until we are gone. We have found a rustic campground with 5 cabins and more space to build additional cabins. It has waterfront, woods, trails, boat ramp, and a home. The…
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Could I make money off of the negative oil price?
I saw the price of oil did something at about 1 PM Eastern time that is really bizarre: it went negative. This means that you get paid to take oil off the field. But, the oil price is negative now, and I think it could go lower. So, I would like to…
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Should I use regular or adjusted close for backtesting?
In an attempt run few backtesting tasks, I have obtained some historical data. I noticed that there are two closing prices available, regular close and adjusted close.
After doing some reading, I have learned that the adjusted close value is being…
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The price dropped on an item I purchased 8 days ago. What can I do?
I bought a PC for € 2199 (about $2500 USD) 8 days ago. Today I saw that the same store where I purchased it sells the same product for € 130 less. Unfortunately, I can't just bring it back* and re-buy it because I have already littered the…
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What does a stock's quoted value represent?
According to Yahoo Finance, a single stock in Alphabet Inc. is worth 898.7 USD as of this writing.
Question: What does the price of $898.7 reflect?
I can imagine the price is one of the following options:
Highest bidding price
Lowest asking…
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Why do gas stations charge higher price for credit card purchase while customers can purchase their gift cards from a third party?
Many gas stations have different prices in credit card purchases and cash purchases. The customer pays a slightly higher price with credit card purchases. On the other hand, if a customer uses cash or gift cards, the (lower) cash price applies.
So I…
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Typical discount for cash purchase on $1+ million homes?
I understand that it is common to get lower than the asking price when offering cash for home purchase, but I am unclear how much a discount I should look for. Also, I am wondering to what extent it mattters how much the house costs. For example,…
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Is $3,7 USD for 340 grams/11.9 oz of "creamy" Skippy-brand peanut butter expensive from an American's perspective?
Right now, in Sweden, a small-feeling 340 g (which is apparently 11.9 oz) jar of "Skippy creamy peanut butter" is, translated to current USD value, $3.7 USD. I think it has been around this price for a long time, and it's an expected standard price…
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Why does a stock's price fluctuate so often, even when fresh news isn't available?
I get it that the price of a stock goes up and down as fresh news is released, positive or negative.
However, fresh news is released only at certain times while the price of a stock changes (by minute amounts) almost every second.
What is the cause…
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Why is the price of my investment only updated once per day?
I have invested some money into a mutual fund (FTQGX). I've noticed that the price of it is only updated once a day, where as other investment options are updated continuously. Why is this? I'm presuming it has something to do with being a mutual…
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What will happen when a bid price is higher than an ask price?
Let's say, there are three bid prices 100, 101, and 102, and three ask prices 101, 103, 104.
What will happen, will ask:101 sell to bid:101 or bid:102, if the dealer is going to make the 101 to 101 deal, this will seem strange because the one…
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