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What do the Bid and the Ask refer to within the portfolio?
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If you want to buy an investment, you pay the Ask (or the offer) price and if you want to sell, you pay the bid price. The Ask is higher than the bid price and the difference between the two is known as the spread. For other key investment terms you may wish to read our glossary.
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