What Is the Bid-Ask Spread

question 43

Multiple Choice

What is the bid-ask spread?

• A) all of the costs and fees that a stock exchange charges in order to process a transaction
• B) the difference in price available for an immediate sale of a share and the immediate purchase of that share
• C) the rise or fall in the value of a share between the time it is acquired by an investor and sold by that investor
• D) the difference in the selling price of a share between different exchanges

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