Pigeon Falls Fertilizer Company is listed on the NYSE. Gabby Hartnett, the specialist handling Pigeon Falls stock,

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Pigeon Falls Fertilizer Company is listed on the NYSE. Gabby Hartnett, the specialist handling Pigeon Falls stock, is currently bidding 35| and asking 35f. What would be the likely outcomes of the following trading orders?
a. Through a broker, Eppa Rixey places a market order to buy 100 shares of Pigeon Falls stock. No other broker from the crowd takes the order.
b. Through a broker, Eppa places a limit order to sell 100 shares of Pigeon Falls stock at 36.
c. Through a broker, Eppa places a limit order to buy 100 shares of Pigeon Falls stock at 35y. Another broker offers to sell 100 shares at 35y.
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A broker is someone or something that acts as an intermediary third party, managing transactions between two other entities. A broker is a person or company authorized to buy and sell stocks or other investments. They are the ones responsible for...
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Fundamentals of Investments

ISBN: 978-0132926171

3rd edition

Authors: Gordon J. Alexander, William F. Sharpe, Jeffery V. Bailey

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