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Re:Berkshire Hathaway’s stock price is too high for Nasdaq c... by ed312 on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @08:54PM (#27044799)
Frequently if the bid is say 40.10 and the ask is 40.09, the mark is shown as 40.095. Not sure if that's why they have hundredths, or just to support those legacy cases of odd fractions.
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Re:Berkshire Hathaway’s stock price is too high for Nasdaq c... by luckman212 on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @09:20PM (#27044984)
Nitpick: I think you meant bid 40.09 x 40.10 ask. Otherwise you'd have a crossed market or a trade executed.
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