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NASDAQ
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NASDAQThe first electronic stock market, which uses computers and telecommunications to trade shares rather than a traditional trading floor.
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Stock
US equivalent of the British word "share", a block of shares with a nominal value of 100, or various kinds of fixed-interest securities; in Britain, goods stored ready for sale, raw materials, work in progress and finished but unsold products.
Market
1) The total demand for a good. 2) The set of all actual and potential buyers of a good or service. 3) The place where people buy and sell. 4) The process by which buyers and sellers of goods, services and factors of production interact to determine prices and quantifies.
Trade
To buy and sell; buying and selling.
Shares
Certificates or book entries representing ownership in a corporation or similar entity.
Trading
Buying and selling securities.
Floor
1) The area of a stock exchange where active trading occurs. 2) The price at which a stop order is activated (when the price drops low enough to activate such an order). 3) In context of interest rates, a level which an interest rate or currency is structured not to go below.
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NASD form FR-1
A form required by the NASD of foreign dealers to ensure that firms participating in a new distribution of securities make a bona fide public offering.
Nasdaq National Market Securities
The Nasdaq National Market consists of over 3000 companies that have a national or international shareholder base, meet stringent financial requirements, and agree to specific corporate governance standards.
Nasdaq small capitalization companies
A group of 2000 companies with relatively small capitalization, which are listed separately and have at least two market makers.
Nasdaq stock market
The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Small cap Market that trades emerging growth companies.
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Narrow based weighted average
An anti-dilution provision used to ensure that investors are not penalized when companies are undergoing additional financing or issuing new shares.
Narrow market
An inactive market, which displays large fluctuations in prices due to a low volume of trading.
Narrow money
Another term for M1, the category of the money supply that includes all physical money like coins and currency.
Narrowing the spread
Reducing the difference between the bid and ask prices of a security.
NASD form FR-1
A form required by the NASD of foreign dealers to ensure that firms participating in a new distribution of securities make a bona fide public offering.
NASDAQ
Nasdaq National Market Securities
The Nasdaq National Market consists of over 3000 companies that have a national or international shareholder base, meet stringent financial requirements, and agree to specific corporate governance standards.
Nasdaq small capitalization companies
A group of 2000 companies with relatively small capitalization, which are listed separately and have at least two market makers.
Nasdaq stock market
The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Small cap Market that trades emerging growth companies.
National Association of Investors Corporation
A Michigan-based association that helps groups establish investment clubs.
National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD)
Nonprofit organization formed under the joint sponsorship of the investment bankers' conference and the SEC to comply with the Maloney Act, which provides for the regulation of the OTC market.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Stock
US equivalent of the British word "share", a block of shares with a nominal value of 100, or various kinds of fixed-interest securities; in Britain, goods stored ready for sale, raw materials, work in progress and finished but unsold products.
Market
1) The total demand for a good. 2) The set of all actual and potential buyers of a good or service. 3) The place where people buy and sell. 4) The process by which buyers and sellers of goods, services and factors of production interact to determine prices and quantifies.
Trade
To buy and sell; buying and selling.
Shares
Certificates or book entries representing ownership in a corporation or similar entity.
Trading
Buying and selling securities.
Floor
1) The area of a stock exchange where active trading occurs. 2) The price at which a stop order is activated (when the price drops low enough to activate such an order). 3) In context of interest rates, a level which an interest rate or currency is structured not to go below.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
NASD form FR-1
A form required by the NASD of foreign dealers to ensure that firms participating in a new distribution of securities make a bona fide public offering.
Nasdaq National Market Securities
The Nasdaq National Market consists of over 3000 companies that have a national or international shareholder base, meet stringent financial requirements, and agree to specific corporate governance standards.
Nasdaq small capitalization companies
A group of 2000 companies with relatively small capitalization, which are listed separately and have at least two market makers.
Nasdaq stock market
The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Small cap Market that trades emerging growth companies.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Narrow based weighted average
An anti-dilution provision used to ensure that investors are not penalized when companies are undergoing additional financing or issuing new shares.
Narrow market
An inactive market, which displays large fluctuations in prices due to a low volume of trading.
Narrow money
Another term for M1, the category of the money supply that includes all physical money like coins and currency.
Narrowing the spread
Reducing the difference between the bid and ask prices of a security.
NASD form FR-1
A form required by the NASD of foreign dealers to ensure that firms participating in a new distribution of securities make a bona fide public offering.
NASDAQ
Nasdaq National Market Securities
The Nasdaq National Market consists of over 3000 companies that have a national or international shareholder base, meet stringent financial requirements, and agree to specific corporate governance standards.
Nasdaq small capitalization companies
A group of 2000 companies with relatively small capitalization, which are listed separately and have at least two market makers.
Nasdaq stock market
The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Small cap Market that trades emerging growth companies.
National Association of Investors Corporation
A Michigan-based association that helps groups establish investment clubs.
National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD)
Nonprofit organization formed under the joint sponsorship of the investment bankers' conference and the SEC to comply with the Maloney Act, which provides for the regulation of the OTC market.
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