NASDAQ OMX Group
The NASDAQ OMX Group (NASDAQ: NDAQ) is a New York City-based American multinational financial services company. NASDAQ is the owner and operator of the NASDAQ stock market. It also owns and operates eight stock...
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NYSE Amex Equities/American Stock Exchange (AMEX)
NYSE Amex Equities, previously called the American Stock Exchange (AMEX), is a New York City-based American exchange. A mutual organization, AMEX was owned by its members. The exchange was called the New York Curb...
Dow Jones & Company
Dow Jones & Company explains the world and the world of business. With authoritative journalism and smart technology, we provide a window on events, clarify issues, inspire new thinking and give readers and business...
S&P 500
S&P’s U.S. indices are designed to reflect the U.S. equity markets and, through the markets, the U.S. economy. The S&P 500 focuses on the large-cap sector of the market; however, since it includes a...
Russell Indexes
In 1984, a team from Russell used insights about investment management behavior to launch the Russell Indexes. These new tools were designed to produce indexes that objectively track performance and better reflect investment manager...
NASDAQ-100
The NASDAQ-100 Index includes 100 of the largest non-financial securities listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market® (NASDAQ®) based on market capitalization. It does not contain securities of financial companies including investment companies. Index Calculation...
Nasdaq Composite
The NASDAQ Composite Index measures all NASDAQ domestic and internationally based common type stocks listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market. Today, the Index includes over 3,000 securities, making it larger than most other stock...
Dow Jones Industrial Average
The Dow Jones Industrial, Transportation and Utilities Averages were originally created and maintained by Charles Dow, editor of the The Wall Street Journal. For the sake of continuity, composition changes are rare, and generally...
Algorithmic Trading
Algorithmic trading involves entering trading orders through electronic trading platforms using an algorithm -which helps in taking into account order’s characteristic like timing, price, and the volume of the order. Besides, in many cases...
Flash Crash
The crash of 2:45, which is otherwise known as the May 6th 2010 Flash Crash, was a stock market crash that happened in the United States on Thursday, May 6th, 2010. During this event,...
Flash Order
A flash order, which is also known as flash trading, is defined by the trade publication known as Traders Magazine as a marketable order that is sent to a market center not quoting the...
The Vanguard Group
Vanguard is one of the world’s largest investment management companies. Whether you are an individual investor, institution, or financial professional, you can benefit from the size, stability, and experience that they offer. Quick Vanguard...
Dot-com Bubble
The Dot-com bubble also known as the internet bubble or the information technology bubble was very much a speculative bubble formed between 1995 and 2000, ultimately leading to massive destruction of investors’ wealth during...
Stock Market Bubble
A stock market bubble is a type kind of an economic bubble occurring in the stock market where market participants inflate stocks prices way beyond their intrinsic value or fair value. According to behavioral...
Growth stock
A growth stock is a stock or share of a company that is expected to grow at an above average rate when compared to other companies in the same market. To be classified as...