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Market maker
A Brokerage or bank that maintains a firm Bid and Ask price in a given security by standing ready, willing, and able to Buy or Sell at publicly quoted prices (called making a market). These firms display Bid and Offer prices for specific numbers of specific securities, and if these prices are met, they will immediately Buy for or Sell from their own Account . Market makers are very important for maintaining Liquidity and efficiency for the particular securities that they make markets in. At most firms, there is a strict separation of the market-making side and the Brokerage side, since otherwise there might be an incentive for brokers to recommend securities simply because the firm makes a Market in that security.
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Account , Ask , Bid , Buy , Broker , Brokerage , Call , ECU , ECI , Heir , Import , Inc. , Liquid , Liquidity , Market maker , Market , Offer , Own , Public , Play , Quote , Quid , Ratio , SEC , Sell
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10-Q ,
10-K ,
Account ,
Accounts receivable ,
Accounts receivable aging ,
Accounts receivable turnover ,
Account statement ,
Allowance for depreciation ,
Asset/equity ratio ,
Account aggregation ,
Account balance ,
Active account ,
Agent bank ,
Alternate account ,
Asset management account ,
Above par ,
Accrual of discount ,
Accrued market discount ,
Agency security ,
Amortization of premium ,
Ask ,
Asked price ,
Asking price ,
Asset-backed security ,
At par ,
Account executive ,
All or any part ,
At best ,
At call ,
Adjusted futures price ,
All-risks coverage ,
At risk ,
Add-on service ,
Abstract of title ,
Action to quiet title ,
As is ,
Assignment to creditors ,
Attorney in fact ,
Assignment of mortgage ,
A shares ,
Average price per share ,
Aggregate exercise price ,
At the money ,
Age-weighted plan ,
Across the board ,
Additional paid-in capital ,
Ad valorem ,
Active market ,
Against the box ,
At the bell ,
At the close ,
At the figure ,
At the full ,
At the market ,
At the opening order ,
Auction market ,
Automated Pricing and Reporting System ,
Away from the market ,
Bank reconciliation ,
Below the line ,
Books of final entry ,
Books of original entry ,
Bank credit ,
Bank draft ,
Bank holding company ,
Bank Holiday ,
Banking Act of 1933 ,
Bank Note ,
Bank Trust Department ,
Bank-eligible issues ,
Below par ,
Best ask ,
Best bid ,
Bid ,
Bid/ask spread ,
Bid-to-cover ratio ,
Bond market ,
Bond quote ,
Book-entry security ,
Bureau of Public Debt ,
Buy ,
Broker ,
Brokerage ,
Brokerage firm ,
Brokerage house ,
Broker loan ,
Brought over the wall ,
Buying on margin ,
Buy limit order ,
Buy minus ,
Buy minus order ,
Buy on close ,
Buy on opening ,
Buy order ,
Buy stop order ,
Buy the book ,
Balance of payments ,
Bank Rate ,
Bear market ,
Board of Governors ,
Bulldog market ,
Breaking the syndicate ,
Bill of exchange ,
Bill of sale ,
Breach of trust ,
By the book ,
Bank term loan ,
Broker loan rate ,
Blitzkrieg tender offer ,
Back-end load ,
B shares ,
Buy and write ,
Buy-side ,
Blow-off top ,
Breadth-of-market theory ,
Beat the gun ,
Bull market ,
Capital efficiency ,
Cash asset ratio ,
Cash ratio ,
Certified Public Accountant ,
Collection ratio ,
Contra account ,
Cost Of Goods Sold ,
Cost of sales ,
Central assets account ,
Checking account ,
Commercial bank ,
Consumer bank ,
Custodial account ,
Cabinet security ,
Call ,
Call date ,
Called away ,
Called bond ,
Call price ,
Call protection ,
Call risk ,
Capital market ,
Certificate of Participation ,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ,
Conversion parity price ,
Conversion price ,
Conversion ratio ,
Convertible security ,
Current market value ,
CUSIP number ,
Call money rate ,
Cash account ,
Clearing firm ,
Code of procedure ,
Contra broker ,
Contract broker ,
Capitalization of income ,
Capital account ,
Consumer Price Index ,
Cost of Living Adjustment ,
Cost-of-living index ,
Council of Economic Advisers ,
Current account ,
Cash and carry trade ,
Cash market ,
Cash price ,
Chasing the market ,
Cheapest to deliver ,
Chicago Board of Trade ,
Contract market ,
CINS number ,
Cost-of-living rider ,
Certificate of stock ,
Cost of carry ,
Competitive bid ,
Certificate of title ,
Contract for deed ,
Cancellation of debt ,
Certificate of Claim ,
Closed-end credit ,
Cost of debt capital ,
Cost of funds ,
Creeping tender offer ,
Closed-end fund ,
Closed-end investment company ,
C shares ,
Call option ,
Call ratio backspread ,
Call swaption ,
Class of options ,
Close to the money ,
Covered call ,
Certificate of Occupancy ,
Cloud on title ,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement ,
Choice market ,
Class A Shares ,
Class B Shares ,
Crash of 1929 ,
Crash of 1987 ,
Child and dependent care credit ,
Coefficient of determination ,
Cup and handle ,
Certificate of delivery ,
Close a position ,
Close market ,
Closing price ,
Continuous market ,
Cornering the market ,
Curbs in ,
Dealer bank ,
Deposit in transit ,
Drawing account ,
Date of issue ,
Date of payment ,
Dealer market ,
Debt market ,
Digested security ,
Dollar price ,
Drawn securities ,
Droplock security ,
Deep discount broker ,
Discount broker ,
Discretionary account ,
Division of Enforcement ,
Division of Investment Management ,
Division of Market Regulation ,
Date of record ,
Dividend in arrears ,
Dividend payout ratio ,
Desk (the) ,
Division of labor ,
Delivery price ,
Derivative security ,
Direct Public Offering ,
De-escalation clause ,
De facto ,
Doing business as ,
Durable Power of Attorney ,
Date of maturity ,
Debtor in possession ,
Debtor-in-possession financing ,
Deed of Release ,
Deed of Trust ,
Discharge of bankruptcy ,
Discharge of lien ,
Due-on-sale clause ,
Deep in the money ,
Deep out of the money ,
Deed of Surrender ,
Department of Housing and Urban Development ,
Deferred account ,
Distressed security ,
Dogs of the Dow ,
Deep market ,
Depth of market ,
Double auction market ,
Efficiency ratio ,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit ,
Escrowed to maturity ,
Exchangeable security ,
Exempt security ,
External market ,
Either-or order ,
ECU ,
Effective par ,
ECI ,
E-mini ,
Exchange for futures ,
Exchange for physical ,
Exchange of spot ,
Emerging market ,
European Central Bank ,
Export-Import Bank ,
Ex-all ,
Exchange ratio ,
Exercise ratio ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ,
Exclusion ratio ,
First In First Out ,
Fixed-charge coverage ratio ,
Form 10-Q ,
Federal Savings and Loan Association ,
Frozen account ,
First call date ,
Flight to quality ,
Flow of funds ,
Full price ,
Federal Call ,
Fill or kill ,
Firm quotation ,
Floor broker ,
Front-ending an order ,
Full-service brokerage ,
Forward P/E ,
Factors of production ,
Favorable balance of trade ,
Federal Reserve Bank ,
Free market ,
Free market price ,
Forward price ,
Futures price ,
Fee-for-service ,
Front-end load ,
Fair market value ,
Form 8-K ,
Form S-1 ,
Firm commitment offering ,
Floating security ,
Friends and family offering ,
Firm commitment lending ,
Full faith and credit ,
Family of funds ,
Fund of funds ,
Free and clear ,
Flexible spending account ,
Free right of exchange ,
Federal ID Number ,
Federal Tax Identification Number ,
Fourth market ,
Government securities ,
Government Securities Clearing Corporation ,
Graduated security ,
General account ,
General Securities Representative Examination ,
G-7 ,
GDP implicit price deflator ,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ,
G-8 ,
Going public ,
Growth and income fund ,
Gather in the stops ,
Graveyard market ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976 ,
Hit the bid ,
House account ,
House call ,
House of issue ,
Hedge ratio ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ,
Heir ,
Holder in due course ,
High-ratio mortgage ,
Home equity line of credit ,
Housing Market Index ,
Head and shoulders ,
Hammering the market ,
Held at the opening ,
Holding the market ,
Horizontal price movement ,
Inactive account ,
Insured account ,
In escrow ,
Inflation-indexed security ,
International Securities Identification Number ,
Investment security ,
Independent broker ,
In-house ,
Institutional brokerage ,
Introducing broker ,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940 ,
Investment bank ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
In line ,
Inefficient market ,
Inverted market ,
Import ,
Internal market ,
Insurance broker ,
Initial Public Offering ,
Inside market ,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984 ,
Internal Rate of Return ,
Indication of interest ,
Inc. ,
In intestacy ,
In play ,
In-process research and development ,
I/O strip ,
Immediate payment annuity ,
Income replacement ratio ,
In-service withdrawal ,
Imbalance of orders ,
Imperfect market ,
In and out ,
In sympathy ,
In the tank ,
Joint account ,
Jointly and severally ,
Jumping the gun ,
Joint will ,
Joint and several liability ,
Joint and survivor annuity ,
Last In First Out ,
Liquidity ratio ,
Lender of last resort ,
Law of one price ,
Letter security ,
Lending at a rate ,
Limit-on-close order ,
Limit price ,
Long Market Value ,
Law of demand ,
Law of supply ,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange ,
London Inter-Bank Offer Rate ,
Liquid ,
Liquidity ,
Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities ,
Letter of comment ,
Liquidity event ,
Legal age ,
Living will ,
Line of credit ,
Loan-to-cost ,
Loan-to-value ,
Loan-value ratio ,
Lock-in ,
Leading the market ,
Locked in ,
Long-term gain or loss ,
Level I quotes ,
Liquid market ,
Locked market ,
Member bank ,
Money center bank ,
Mutual Savings Bank ,
Marketable security ,
Market basket ,
Market capitalization ,
Market conversion price ,
Mortgage-backed security ,
Mortgage pass-through security ,
Maintenance call ,
Make a market ,
Managed account ,
Margin account ,
Margin call ,
Market if touched order ,
Market letter ,
Market maker ,
Market maker spread ,
Market on close order ,
Market order ,
Mark-to-market ,
Member firm ,
Merchant bank ,
Medium of exchange ,
Marginal propensity to consume ,
Market economy ,
Most distant month ,
Making delivery ,
Make whole provision ,
Market rate ,
Money at call ,
Mortgage broker ,
Marketable securities ,
Market cap ,
Market neutral ,
Market portfolio ,
Market timer ,
Market timing ,
Market analysis ,
Market ,
Market inefficiency ,
Market opening ,
Market return ,
Market-share weighted index ,
Market surveillance ,
Market-value weighted index ,
Market Volatility Index ,
Maximum price fluctuation ,
Mixed account ,
Mixed market ,
Momo play ,
Most active ,
National Bank ,
Negotiable certificate of deposit ,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal ,
Nostro account ,
National Market System ,
Negotiable security ,
Noncompetitive bid ,
Notice of Sale ,
National Association of Securities Dealers ,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system ,
National Securities Clearing Corporation ,
National Securities Trade Association ,
Net capital ratio ,
Nonmember firm ,
No quote ,
Normal market ,
Notary Public ,
Null and void ,
Notice of Default ,
Naked call ,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ,
Normal retirement age ,
Nasdaq Small Cap Market ,
Narrow market ,
National Market Advisory Board ,
Negotiated market ,
Off-balance-sheet financing ,
Off the books ,
Other current assets ,
Other long term liabilities ,
Overhead ratio ,
Office of Thrift Supervision ,
Offer ,
Offering price ,
Out-of-favor ,
Over-the-Counter ,
Off-floor order ,
On-floor order ,
Online broker ,
On margin ,
Option account ,
Or better ,
Outside broker ,
Other income ,
Open market operation ,
Omnibus account ,
Opinion of title ,
On account ,
On-the-spot loan ,
Open-end credit ,
Open-end mortgage ,
Open-end fund ,
Open-end management company ,
Option price ,
Options Prices Reporting Authority ,
Out of the money ,
Open-end lease ,
Own ,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance ,
On-balance volume ,
Odd lot buy/sell ratio ,
Off-board ,
On close ,
On open ,
On the opening ,
Open market ,
Operationally efficient market ,
Outside market ,
Pooling of interests ,
Profit and loss statement ,
Par bond ,
Payment-in-kind security ,
Price Value of a Basis Point ,
Provisional call feature ,
Public bond ,
Public offering ,
Public purpose bond ,
Payment for order flow ,
Prime broker ,
Prime brokerage ,
Public limited partnership ,
Public Securities Association ,
Payout ratio ,
P&L ,
Provision for income taxes ,
Price index ,
Producer Price Index ,
Public goods ,
Public sector ,
Parity price ,
Physical market ,
Price limit ,
Primary market ,
Public company ,
Public offering price ,
Pour-over will ,
Power of Attorney ,
Prioritization of debt ,
Private Market Value ,
Publicly-traded fund ,
Price spread ,
Paid-in capital ,
Paid-in surplus ,
Percent held by institutions ,
Pre-syndicate bid ,
Private Investment in Public Equity ,
Public ,
Public equity ,
Publicly held ,
Publicly traded ,
Public ownership ,
Perfect capital market ,
Preservation of capital ,
Put ratio backspread ,
Point-and-figure chart ,
Profit ratio ,
Painting the tape ,
Play ,
Price range ,
Price-weighted index ,
Public book ,
Put/call ratio ,
Quote ,
Quote ticker ,
Quid ,
Reports and Records ,
Return of capital ,
Return on Capital ,
Return on Invested Capital ,
Return on Total Assets ,
Regional bank ,
Regulation Q ,
Reserve ratio ,
Redemption price ,
Registered security ,
Residual security ,
Restricted security ,
Reading the tape ,
Regulation D ,
Regulation G ,
Regulation T ,
Regulation U ,
Restricted account ,
Retail brokerage ,
Round of funding ,
Rules of Fair Practice ,
Rate of exchange ,
Reciprocal of European terms ,
Retail Price Index ,
Ratio ,
Regulation A ,
Right of first refusal ,
Right of rescission ,
Right to Know ,
Revolving line of credit ,
Right of recourse ,
Rule of 78 ,
Ratio calendar combination ,
Ratio calendar spread ,
Ratio spread ,
Ratio write ,
Real estate broker ,
Right of redemption ,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984 ,
Risk/return trade-off ,
Ratio analysis ,
Return on Capital Employed ,
Rate of return ,
Real rate of return ,
SEC filing ,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses ,
SG&A ,
Savings account ,
Savings and Loan ,
Savings bank ,
Sight letter of credit ,
S&L ,
State bank ,
SEC ,
Secondary market ,
Securities and Exchange Commission ,
Sell ,
Stamped security ,
SEC fee ,
Securities analyst ,
Securities Industry Association ,
Securities Investor Protection Corporation ,
Securities loan ,
Segregation of securities ,
Sell limit order ,
Sell order ,
Sell plus ,
Sell-side analyst ,
Sell the book ,
Stop price ,
Street broker ,
Sweep account ,
Syndicate bid ,
Standard of living ,
Supply-side economics ,
Settlement price ,
Spot market ,
Spot price ,
Second-to-die insurance ,
Separate account ,
Short interest ratio ,
Stock market ,
Subscription price ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Sale and leaseback ,
Satisfaction of debt ,
Secondary mortgage market ,
Securities lending ,
Security interest ,
Security loan ,
Senior security ,
Staggered board of directors ,
Selling the spread ,
Short market value ,
Special use property ,
Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees ,
Self-directed retirement account ,
SEP Plan ,
Social Security ,
Social Security Tax ,
Share price ,
Split-adjusted price ,
Security analysis ,
Selling short against the box ,
Shorting against the box ,
S Corporation ,
Short-term gain or loss ,
Sin tax ,
Subchapter M ,
Subchapter S Corporation ,
Schedule C ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Securities fraud ,
Seek a market ,
Specialist market ,
S&P phenomenon ,
Stop and reverse ,
T-Bill ,
Term to maturity ,
Treasury Inflation-Protected Security ,
Trust-preferred security ,
Take a position ,
Two-sided market ,
Two-way market ,
Trailing P/E ,
Tender offer ,
Tenancy by the entirety ,
TED spread ,
Truth in Lending ,
Tenancy at will ,
Top hat plan ,
The Street ,
Timing the market ,
Tax identification number ,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1986 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1993 ,
Take a bath ,
Target price ,
Thin market ,
Third market ,
Tight market ,
Transparent market ,
U.S. Government Agency Security ,
U.S. Savings Bond ,
U.S. Treasury ,
U.S. Treasury Bill ,
U.S. Treasury Bond ,
U.S. Treasury Note ,
U.S. Treasury Securities ,
Undermargined account ,
Uniform Securities Act ,
Underlying security ,
Uncovered call ,
Unit of trade ,
Unit of trading ,
Variable ratio write ,
Variable ratio plan ,
Wrap account ,
World Bank ,
Whisper number ,
Wage price spiral ,
Waiver of premium ,
Widow-and-orphan stock ,
W-2 Form ,
W formation ,
Weak market ,
When, as, and if issued ,
Wide market ,
X or XD ,
Year-To-Date ,
Yankee bond market ,
Yield to call ,
Yield to maturity ,
Yield to worst ,
Y shares