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lukewrites on March 9, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Trading halted as U.S. stocks plummet

There are still costs to your transactions, not least of which is the information gulf between you and an institutional investor with a Bloomberg terminal.

darawk on March 9, 2020 [–]

Not really. The only cost to your transaction is the bid-ask spread, which is extremely tight in liquid US equities.

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