My broker quoted a stock as 10 bid and 10.25 asked. What does that mean?
The bid is the highest price anyone is willing to pay for a security at a particular time. When you want to sell a stock at the market, you will be executed at bid price. The asked is the lowest price anyone will accept to sell shares. When you buy a stock at the market, you will received the prevailing asked price.
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