Question : why does my online broker buy me stocks at a higher value than the stock is listed at?
I buy stocks at online brokers (sharebuilder and merril lynch) and notice that the buying price is always a few cents higher than any intra-day price. What is the reason for this? Is this just how the market works or is this some big stealing operation where money is skimmed off millions of people?
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Answer by William
Why aren’t you using limit orders?