Portfolio Turnover Explained: Reading the Number Right

Two fund fact sheets sit open on my screen. One reports portfolio turnover of 28 percent for the year. The other reports 165 percent. The instinct is to read the…

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Limit Order Book: How Market and Limit Orders Fill

Picture a 5,000-share market order hitting a thin small-cap at 10:47 in the morning. The last trade printed at 24.10, so you'd expect a fill somewhere near there. Instead the…

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Bid-Ask Spread: The Built-In Cost of Every Fill You Get

You mark a small-cap you've been watching, the last trade printed at 24.05, and you send a market order to get in. The fill comes back at 24.18. Nothing moved…

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