Evaluating Market Quality
High quality securities markets are those that supply liquidity, transparency and assured completion.
Liquidity can be defined a number of ways:
- Tightness (low bid/ask spread)
- Depth (limited price impact from large trades)
- Resiliency (rapid adjustments for discrepancies between market price and intrinsic value)
Transparency means access to quotes is quick, easy and inexpensive. It also requires that trade details (size and price) are rapidly disseminated to the public.
Assurity of completion simply means that the counterparties of a trade can be trusted to honor the trade.
For more information, see all articles on: Active Management, Institutional Investing, Investing in Stocks, Risk Management, Trading Execution See also:
The Intelligent Investor: The Classic Text on Value Investing
Financial Statement Analysis: A Practitioner's Guide, 3rd Edition
Managing Investment Portfolios: A Dynamic Process (CFA Institute Investment Series)