Nasdaq
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Definitions
- 1 Alternative letter-case form of Nasdaq. alt-of
"If you'd been using your approach a year ago, the list of A-rated funds for the preceding year—indeed, even for the preceding five years—would be loaded with funds invested in what the bizbabble channels call "the tech-heavy NASDAQ" (it's gotten to sound sort of like Homer's "wine-dark sea" and "rosy-fingered dawn" to me)."
- 2 An American stock exchange based in New York City.
"In their original article, Messrs Christie and Schultz found that in 70 of the 100 most heavily traded stocks, Nasdaq dealers avoided quoting prices in odd eighths of a dollar. Buyers were far more likely to quote shares at 28 1/2 or 28 3/4 than at 28 5/8."
Example
More examples"If you'd been using your approach a year ago, the list of A-rated funds for the preceding year—indeed, even for the preceding five years—would be loaded with funds invested in what the bizbabble channels call "the tech-heavy NASDAQ" (it's gotten to sound sort of like Homer's "wine-dark sea" and "rosy-fingered dawn" to me)."
Etymology
Initially an acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations.
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