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Market impact

Market impact is how much the price of investments like stocks or bonds can be affected by different kinds of trading activity or events. For example, if a company makes lots of money, lots of people might want to buy their stock, and the price of their stock might go up because of it. Market impact is how much this kind of activity or event can affect the price of investments.
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