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English translation: bid price: the highest price a buyer is willing to pay

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English term or phrase:bid
Selected answer:bid price: the highest price a buyer is willing to pay
Entered by: Charles Davis

07:29 Jul 26, 2011
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Investment / Securities
English term or phrase: bid
Context:

"The underperformance was predominantly in the XX sectors with losses partially hedged by a more stable bid in the X sector."

"The X sector underperformed the rest of the portfolio with the losses hedged by a bid in the short end of the Fixed Income curve..."
Bjørnar Magnussen
Local time: 04:56
bid price: the highest price a buyer is willing to pay
Explanation:
"A bid price is the highest price that a buyer (i.e., bidder) is willing to pay for a good. It is usually referred to simply as the "bid."

In bid and ask, the bid price stands in contrast to the ask price or "offer", and the difference between the two is called the bid/ask spread."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bid_price

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-07-26 11:17:13 GMT)
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Hi, Bjørnar. It means that the bid price for short-term investments (a reflection of demand for such investments) was sufficiently high to offset or palliate, in part, the losses suffered.

The bid (price) for a given stock or security is a measure of its market value, and will therefore affect the profits or losses of those who hold that stock or security.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-07-26 11:22:32 GMT)
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It should also be noted that a high bid in the short end of the Fixed Income curve, which means a relatively high level of demand for short-term investments, will tend to occur at times of uncertainty about longer-term prospects, which is generally the case at the moment.
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Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 04:56
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4 +2bid price: the highest price a buyer is willing to pay
Charles Davis
5offer
airmailrpl
3offering
Suzan Hamer


  

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
offer


Explanation:
bid => offer

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 23:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jenn Mercer: Bid/Offer often comes down to a U.S/U.K. difference. Neither is "more correct," it just depends on your audience.
4 days
  -> agree with you
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
bid price: the highest price a buyer is willing to pay


Explanation:
"A bid price is the highest price that a buyer (i.e., bidder) is willing to pay for a good. It is usually referred to simply as the "bid."

In bid and ask, the bid price stands in contrast to the ask price or "offer", and the difference between the two is called the bid/ask spread."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bid_price

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-07-26 11:17:13 GMT)
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Hi, Bjørnar. It means that the bid price for short-term investments (a reflection of demand for such investments) was sufficiently high to offset or palliate, in part, the losses suffered.

The bid (price) for a given stock or security is a measure of its market value, and will therefore affect the profits or losses of those who hold that stock or security.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-07-26 11:22:32 GMT)
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It should also be noted that a high bid in the short end of the Fixed Income curve, which means a relatively high level of demand for short-term investments, will tend to occur at times of uncertainty about longer-term prospects, which is generally the case at the moment.

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 04:56
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: Please explain how your definition fits in my context, e.g. "with the losses hedged by a *bid* in the short end of the Fixed Income curve..."

Asker: Thanks, if I replace "hedged" with "offset" in my context, your suggestion make sense.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Tina :)
agree  amarpaul: I love the detailed answers :-)
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, amarpaul :)
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
offering


Explanation:
A more stable offering. Apparently the losses in one sector are offset by more substantial offerings in another sector, by the fact that another sector is doing better, there are gains in another sector.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-07-26 11:33:40 GMT)
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Clarification: "...by the fact that another sector is doing better, or that there are gains in another sector.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-07-26 11:38:35 GMT)
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Ian Mackenzie, in Financial English, defines bid as an offer to buy something at a particular price.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-07-26 11:45:02 GMT)
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Your examples refer to "a bid"... I take that to mean not just one bid, but as a sort of collective noun referring to many bids... if you know what I mean.

Suzan Hamer
Netherlands
Local time: 04:56
Native speaker of: English
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