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Market Maker
Market Mechanics
A market maker is a firm that continuously quotes both a bid and an ask for a stock and stands ready to trade on either side.
Much of its income comes from the difference between those two prices, and in return it supplies liquidity. On the NYSE each stock has an assigned designated market maker, while on Nasdaq several market makers compete in the same stock.
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