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Ask

The lowest price that any investor or Dealer has declared that he/she will Sell a given security or commodity for. For Over-the-Counter stocks, the Ask is the best quoted price at which a Market maker is willing to Sell a stock. For mutual Fund, the Ask is the net Asset value plus any sales Charge. also called Asked price or Asking price or Offering price.

Related Terms: 28 Asset, Ask, Asked price, Asking price, Charge, Call, Dealer, Declare, Deal, ECU, Fund, Low, Market maker, Mutual fund, Market, Net, Net Asset Value, Offer, Offering, Offering price, Over-the-Counter, Owe, Quote, Ring, Sales, Sales charge, SEC, Sell
Other Related Pages: Category: Trading Starting With: A
Additional Related Terms: 10-Q, 10-K, 52-week low, 12b-1 funds, 19c3 stock, Active asset, Allowance for depreciation, Asset, Asset/equity ratio, Asset management account