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| Individual Investor |
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| A person who buys or sells securities for his or her own account. The individual investor is also called a retail investor or retail shareholder. |
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| INSTINET |
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| See The Institutional Networks Corporation. |
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| Institutional Investor |
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| A bank, mutual fund pension fund, or other corporate entity that trades securities in large volumes. (See also buy-side trader, fourth market, and qualified institutional investor). |
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| Institutional Networks Corporation (INSTINET) |
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| A computerized service that allows subscribed to display tentative bid and ask quotes. INSTINET registered as a stock exchange with the Securities and Exchange Commission; it supports the 'fourth market'. (See fourth market, SelectNet). |