bid

(noun)

The submitted price at which the trader is willing to buy.

Related Terms

  • bid price
  • bid-ask spread
  • ask
  • liquidity

Examples of bid in the following topics:

  • Market Maker

    • Market makers provide liquidity to securities markets by submitting both bids and asks on a security.
    • The difference between the highest bid and the lowest ask price is called the bid-ask spread .
    • Market makers are a company or individual that quotes both an ask price and a bid.
    • It is the bid-ask spread that provides the money-making opportunity.
    • There is a bid-ask spread of $1.10.
  • Defining Spread

    • The bid–offer spread for securities is the difference between the prices quoted for an immediate sale (offer) and an immediate purchase (bid).
    • The size of the bid-offer spread in a security is one measure of the liquidity of the market and size of the transaction cost.
    • The bid–offer spread is an accepted measure of liquidity costs in exchange traded securities and commodities.
    • On any standardized exchange, two elements comprise almost all of the transaction cost—brokerage fees and bid-offer spreads.
    • Under competitive conditions, the bid-offer spread measures the cost of making transactions without delay.
  • Normal distribution exercises

    • (b) eBay allows you to set your maximum bid price so that if someone outbids you on an auction you can automatically outbid them, up to the maximum bid price you set.
    • If you are only bidding on one auction, what are the advantages and disadvantages of setting a bid price too high or too low?
    • What if you are bidding on multiple auctions?
    • (b) If you are bidding on only one auction and set a low maximum bid price, someone will probably outbid you.
    • If bidding on more than one auction, and you set your maximum bid price very low, you probably won't win any of the auctions.
  • Valuing the Target and Setting the Price

    • To prepare an appropriate bid for a target company, the buyer has to accurately value the target company through the due diligence process.
    • In order to prepare an appropriate bid in the mergers and acquisition process, the buyer must be able to accurately value the target company.
  • Distributions of random variables solutions

    • (b) If you are bidding on only one auction and set a low maximum bid price, someone will probably outbid you.
    • If you set a high maximum bid price, you may win the auction but pay more than is necessary.
    • If bidding on more than one auction, and you set your maximum bid price very low, you probably won't win any of the auctions.
    • However, if the maximum bid price is even modestly high, you are likely to win multiple auctions.
  • Researching Industrial Markets

    • Due to the high value of some purchases and the complexity of such purchases, the purchasing organization will seek to obtain a number of bids from competing suppliers and choose the best offering.
    • Suppliers who are seeking to win a competitive tender go through a bidding process.
    • Explain the bidding process, non-tender purchasing, and features of successful B2B sales
  • Selling to Consumers

    • This type of e-commerce is characterized by the growth of electronic marketplaces and online auctions, particularly in vertical industries where firms/businesses can bid for what they want from among multiple suppliers.
    • Auctions facilitated at a portal, such as eBay, which allows online real-time bidding on items being sold in the Web
  • Price Transparency

    • Rather, the dealers earn revenue by means of the spread, or difference, between the price at which the dealer buys a bond from one investor–the "bid" price–and the price at which he or she sells the same bond to another investor—the "ask" or "offer" price.
    • The bid/offer spread represents the total transaction cost associated with transferring a bond from one investor to another.
  • Republican Turmoil & Democratic Resurgence

    • Bush announced his reelection bid in early 1992; with a coalition victory in the Persian Gulf War and high approval ratings, reelection initially looked likely.
    • Ross Perot launched a third party bid, claiming that neither Republicans nor Democrats could eliminate the deficit and make government more efficient.
  • Reasons to Study Finance

    • Finance helps explain what trends in silver bids mean, but more importantly, why people care about them (even those not trading silver).
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