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Jim Bunning: “If I am going to try to trade 100,000 shares of IBM, and I am going to put it on somebody's trading block or some…”

On the recordOctober 27, 2009
If I am going to try to trade 100,000 shares of IBM, and I am going to put it on somebody's trading block or some institution has a trading block, I will not get the best price for that 100,000 shares if I am the seller unless I break it down and do it in many, many smaller trades.
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Jim Bunning
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Bunning discusses challenges in achieving the best price for large trades.

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