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| arbitrage |
the purchase of a security or commodity in one financial market and its immediate resale in a different market, used as a way to profit from the difference in market prices. [1/3 definitions] |
| market order |
an order to purchase or sell, esp. stocks or other financial instruments, at the current market price. |
| shakeout |
any change in market prices that obliges speculators to sell their securities. [1/2 definitions] |
| wire service |
a business that transmits news stories, photographs, features, stock market prices, and the like, by electronic means to newspapers and radio and television that subscribe for the service. |
| write-down |
in finance, a reduction in the book value of an inventory item or other asset because of depreciation or a decrease in market price. |
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