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landlubberon Oct 26, 2011 8:48pm
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RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Matt's Message to Shareholders
RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Matt's Message to ShareholdersWhat Does Market Maker Mean?
A broker-dealerfirm that accepts the risk of holding a certain number of shares of aparticular security in order to facilitate trading in that security.Each market maker competes for customer order flow by displaying buy andsell quotations for a guaranteed number of shares. Once an order isreceived, the market maker immediately sells from its own inventory orseeks an offsetting order. This process takes place in mere seconds.