What Is the Ask Price?
101 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Investing in the Stock Market
The ask price is the lowest price at which a seller is willing to sell his or her stock or bond. It must always be compared to the bid price to calculate the spread (which is the profit someone called a market maker earns - we'll learn that in a moment).
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