BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Bid-offer Spread
- the difference between the highest price that a buyer is prepared to offer and the lowest price that a seller is prepared to accept
Additional Resources
- A study on the components of the bid-ask spread for Telefonica stocks
- [M.sup.a] DEL PILAR OSORNO DEL ROSAL OLGA [M.sup.a] RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ Universidad de La Laguna--Spain The first objective of this study is to quantify the components of the bid-ask spread for Telefonica, one of the principal stocks traded in the Spanish Stock Exchange. The second objective is to...
- Research articles 2002-08-01
- Bid-Ask Spreads in U.S. Equity Markets
- This paper surveys the bid-ask spread for trades in U.S. equity markets. Bid-ask spreads emerge from divergent objectives of the two principal participants in security markets. The buyer's (seller's) goal is to acquire relinquish the asset at the lowest highest price possible. For the buyer, this goal implies reducing total...
- Research articles 2004-07-01
- An Analysis of the Impact of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 on the Valuation of REITs and the Adverse Selection Component of the Bid/Ask Spread
- This study analyzes the impact of the Taxpayer Relief Act TRA of 1997 on Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs. The findings indicate that there are no price effects on the day of passage or on the day that the bill went into effect. The findings also indicate that there is...
- White papers 2002-07-30
- US POULTRY FIRMS TO AUCTION CHICKEN SHIPMENT IN BID TO SPREAD BIRD FLU AWARENESS
- According to "VoV", US companies under the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council USAPEEC decided to present 44.6 tons of frozen chicken drumsticks to the Vietnam Poultry Association VIPA, according to sources from the US Embassy in Hanoi. The containers of drumsticks will be put up for auction in Vietnam...
- Research articles 2005-05-24
- VIETNAM: US POULTRY FIRMS TO AUCTION CHICKEN SHIPMENT IN BID TO SPREAD BIRD FLU AWARENESS.(Brief Article)
- According to "VoV", US companies under the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council USAPEEC decided to present 44.6 tons of frozen chicken drumsticks to the Vietnam Poultry Association VIPA, according to sources from the US Embassy in Hanoi. The containers of drumsticks will be put up...
- Research articles 2005-05-24
- UBD: Will Someone Please Put This ETF Out to Pasture
- Ron Rowland submits: As I look at my quote screen, I see Claymore US Capital Markets Bond ETF UBD with a bid of $44.02 and an ask of $47.99 - just a little ol’ 9% bid/ask spread. However, looking at the depth reveals more: There are only 100...
- External links 2009-02-13
- Exel to buy Global Capital Re for $637M. (GCR Holdings Ltd.)
- In a bid to spread risk and diversify its book while also deploying excess capital, Exel Ltd. has agreed to acquire the outstanding shares of GCR Holdings Ltd. for about $637 million. The deal's terms call for Exel to pay GCR shareholders $27 ...
- Research articles 1997-05-12
- Molson Coors bid talk sets SABMiller fizzing
- Market Report Traders were getting the rounds in early yesterday, as bid rumours re-emerged in the brewing giant SABMiller. The stock rose 1.03 per cent to 1,466p in early morning trading after talk of a bid from Molson Coors, one of the world's largest brewers. The...
- Research articles 2007-10-09
- LONDON OLYMPIC BID: How does British bid measure up to The Games'
- What the IOC said in May of London's bid based on initial outline proposals: The report criticised the spread of venues, which made athletes' travelling distances among the longest of any bidding city. The IOC was impressed by the Olympic Park in the lower Lea Valley. ...
- Research articles 2004-11-20
- Continental Airlines to Bid on TWA Slots, Fight Merger Deals.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Jan. 18--Under an arrangement with Northwest Airlines, Continental Airlines can't spread its wings too much -- Northwest can veto any merger by Continental, after all. Jan. 18--Under an arrangement with Northwest Airlines, Continental Airlines can't spread its wings too much -- Northwest can veto...
- Research articles 2001-01-18
- GM and European workers headed for clash as strikes set to spread
- FRANKFURT AFP — General Motors' European restructuring plans appeared in for a further rough ride as wildcat strikes to protest the US automaker's plans to slash 12,000 jobs were set to spread. A number of factories were set to join a Europe-wide day of labour action called in response...
- Research articles 2004-10-18
- Man Group 'ponders [pounds sterling]150m bid for IG'.
- Man Group, the hedge fund manager, is understood to be mulling a possible pound sterling150m ([euro]220m)-plus bid for IG Group, the spread betting firm put up for sale earlier this year by Stuart Wheeler, the poker-playing Tory Party donor who founded the company.The firm is believed...
- Research articles 2003-02-24
- Air Force Moves To Spread Wealth With A-10 Contract
- Normally with a system like an aircraft or missile the original manufacturer will get the contracts to support, upgrade and modernize it. With older systems it is sometimes possible to move to a different contractor. This is of course aided by the fact that the Government buys the...
- Blog posts 2009-06-12
- Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. F4Q09 (Qtr End 09/26/09) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Darren Horowitz – Raymond James Darren Horowitz – Raymond James From a retail volume standpoint you talked about the uncertain economic outlook and certainly we’ve seen an upward bias to commodity prices. When you put all those pieces together and...
- Earnings calls 2009-11-12
- Stochastic Volatilities and Correlations of Bond Yields
- In this article helps in developing a multi-factor HJM model with separate factors driving the innovations in the yield curve and the stochastic covariance's of bond yields. The model is estimated by maximum likelihood using panel data on swap rates and swaptions. Under the model with four yield factors and...
- White papers 2003-10-01
- Directly Measuring Early Exercise Premiums Using American and European S&P 500 Index Options
- The Chicago Board Options Exchange concurrently listed European-style and American style options on the Standard and Poor's 500 Index from April 2, 1986 through June 20, 1986. This unique time allows for a direct measurement of the early-exercise premium in American-style index options. In this study, using ask quotes, we...
- White papers 2002-07-27
- The Information Content of the 1999 Announcement of Funds From Operations (FFO) Changes for Real Estate Investment Trusts
- This paper examines the market response to the 1999 announcement of a change in accounting for Funds from Operations FFO for Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs. This change provides an increase in transparency in the accounting statements of REITs regarding the calculation of FFO. An analysis of this announcement finds...
- White papers 2005-04-04
- Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Our first question comes from Erika Penala from Merrill Lynch. Erika Penala – Merrill Lynch Are the C&I losses that you’re taking concentrated in any one sector, and are you seeing any weakness in the lender finance arena? George Jones No, and no, would...
- Earnings calls 2008-07-17
- Ventas, Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session[Operator Instructions]. Your first question comes from the line of Karin Ford with KeyBanc Capital Markets. Please proceed. Karin Ford - KeyBanc Capital Markets Hi, good morning. A question for you on the $68 million of assets sale. It looks like given the NOI number that was about...
- Earnings calls 2008-05-07
- New allegations blunt Bush's bid to quell Iraqi prisoner scandal
- WASHINGTON AFP ? More allegations of abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US and British soldiers emerged, just as US President George W. Bush was seeking to quell the scandal and fighting between coalition forces and supporters of a radical cleric spread. Bush sought in his weekly radio address to...
- Research articles 2004-05-08
