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Re:What Business is Wall Street In? by lifeisstillgood on Saturday September 22, 2012 @04:03PM (#4558835)
With zero Market makers, the exchange cannot guarantee I can walk in and sell at a reasonable price in a reasonable time.

With one Market maker the exchange can do so and so it benefits from being a effective place to trade - this is a huge advantage over any other exchange With a second Market maker, the exchnage gain is I believe orders of magnitude lower. Almost any Market maker is forced to maintain sensible spreads (else it is worth trading without them) so just one Market maker will offer expensive but not outrageous spreads. A second one brings only the benefit of slightly cheaper, which coma red to the benefits from the first are negligible

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