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Options that can be exercised any time during their lifetime. These are also known as open options.

A publication, including financial statements and a report on operations, issued by a company to its shareholders at the company’s fiscal year-end.

Someone typically working for a brokerage house, who publishes buy/hold/sell recommendations and earnings forecasts for a stock. Buy side analysts work for institutional buyers, and sell side analysts work for brokerages. 

Permits Participating Organizations to voluntarily withhold their true broker identities when entering orders and trades on TSX trading systems.

The lowest price at which someone is willing to sell the security. When combined with the bid price information, it forms the basis of a stock quote.

A publication, including financial statements and a report on operations, issued by a company to its shareholders at the company’s fiscal year-end.

Permits Participating Organizations to voluntarily withhold their true broker identities when entering orders and trades on TSX trading systems.

The price you are asked to pay when you buy a stock (see ‘Bid Price’).

The lowest price at which someone is willing to sell the security. When combined with the bid price information, it forms the basis of a stock quote.

The aggregate size in board lots of the most recent ask to sell a particular security.