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Auction marketsMarkets in which the prevailing price is determined through the free interaction of prospective buyers and sellers, as on the floor of the stock exchange.Auction markets Similar MatchesDouble auction systemDouble auction systemA market consisting of many sellers and many buyers, as opposed to a conventional auction with one market maker and many buyers. Auction rate preferred stock (ARPS)Auction rate preferred stock (ARPS)Floating-rate preferred stock, whose dividend is adjusted every seven weeks through a Dutch auction. Periodic call auctionPeriodic call auctionSelling stocks by bid at intervals throughout the day. Auction Market Preferred Stock (AMPS)Auction Market Preferred Stock (AMPS)A type of Dutch Auction Preferred Stock (A Merrill Lynch product). Yankee auctionYankee auctionAn auction of multiple identical items in which the winning bidders pay the prices that they have bid. For a contrasting system, see 'Dutch auction'. Further SuggestionsDutch auctionDouble auction market Dutch Auction Preferred Stock Dutch auction Walrasian auctioneer |
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