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PRIMARY MARKET Definition

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PRIMARY MARKET is the first sale of a newly issued security. Those securities are purchased in the primary market. All subsequent trading of those securities is done in the secondary market.

 

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ADMINISTRATIVE/ADMINISTRATION COST see INDIRECT COST.

BACKWARDATION is the commission paid by a seller for the postponement of a transaction on a stock exchange when prices for cash delivery are higher than for forward delivery.


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