nasdaq

     

The NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automate Quotation System) is an American stock exchange. It is the largest electronic screen-based equity securities trading market in the United States. With approximately 3,200 companies, it lists more companies and has more trading volume per day than any other stock exchange in the world.

Trivia about nasdaq

  • (Hi, I'm Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO of Amazon.com) Like many tech companies, Amazon.com is listed on this stock exchange -- symbol AMZN
  • Your line of fate is quite deep, indicating success investing with tech stocks, like Adobe & Oracle, on this exchange
  • Microsoft & Starbucks are listed on this exchange that has more companies than the NYSE
  • The dot-com boom was busting by 2000, when 240 were delisted from this giant securities exchange
  • Many companies that qualify for the NYSE choose to sell their stock on this electronic service instead