stock ticker symbol

stock ticker symbol
A unique series of letters assigned to a company or other security for trading purposes

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  • Stock ticker — This is a lettered symbol assigned to securities and mutual funds that trade on U.S.financial exchanges. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * stock ticker UK US noun [C] STOCK MARKET, FINANCE ► an electronic sign for a company that shows… …   Financial and business terms

  • stock ticker — A letter designation assigned to securities and mutual funds that trade on US financial exchanges. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * stock ticker UK US noun [C] STOCK MARKET, FINANCE ► an electronic sign for a company that shows the latest… …   Financial and business terms

  • Ticker symbol — Stock telegraph ticker machine by Thomas Edison A stock symbol or ticker symbol is a short abbreviation used to uniquely identify publicly traded shares of a particular stock on a particular stock market. A stock symbol may consist of letters,… …   Wikipedia

  • ticker symbol — USA ticker symbol, Also known as stock symbol. A mnemonic used to uniquely identify publicly traded shares of a corporation on a particular stock market. A stock symbol may consist of letters, numbers or a combination of both. The word ticker… …   Law dictionary

  • Ticker Symbol — An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its… …   Investment dictionary

  • FXP (ticker symbol) — FXP is the ticker symbol for the ULTRASHORT FTSE/XINHUA CHINA 25 Exchange traded fund from ProShares. It was introduced on November 8, 2007.FXP, and its counterpart EWV for the Japan stock exchange, are double leveraged, meaning that they are… …   Wikipedia

  • ticker symbol — An abbreviation assigned to a security for trading purposes. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary Characters that identify a financial instrument on an exchange ticker. Exchange Handbook Glossary * * *    Letters that identify a stock traded on a stock …   Financial and business terms

  • ticker symbol — / tɪkə ˌsɪmb(ə)l/ noun US a letter used to identify a stock on the ticker tape system COMMENT: All securities listed on the US stock exchanges are identified by letter symbols on ticker tape. So shares in Hilton are referred to as HLT, Texaco as… …   Dictionary of banking and finance

  • stock symbol — noun Short form of stock ticker symbol …   Wiktionary

  • Ticker tape — was used by ticker tape machines , the Ticker tape timer, stock ticker machines , or just stock tickers . History The term ticker tape came from the sound made by the machine as it printed, and tape simply refers to the machines using a paper… …   Wikipedia

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