What is a Ticker Symbol?

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Ticker Symbol Definition | Investopedia More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Sarah P | permalink
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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 securities which investors use to place trade orders.
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For further reading: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/tickersymbol.asp ^[1]

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Ticker Symbol Lookup More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by John Vachna | permalink
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Search for ticker symbols for Stocks, Mutual Funds, ETFs, Indices and more. Filter by exchange and sort by symbol, security name, and security type.

For further reading: http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/ ^[2]

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Symbol Lookup from Yahoo Finance More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by WESLEY CRAFTON | permalink
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Search for ticker symbols for Stocks, Mutual Funds, ETFs, Indices and Futures on Yahoo Finance.

For further reading: http://finance.yahoo.com/lookup ^[3]

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What is a Ticker Symbol? More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Francie Royce | permalink
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A ticker symbol is a short code used to buy or sell shares of stock, as well as research the business including dividend history and share price.

For further reading: http://beginnersinvest.about.com/cs/newinvestors/f/whatistickersym.htm ^[4]

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Ticker+Symbol More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by celio BESERRA | permalink
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Definition of Ticker+Symbol in the Financial Dictionary by The Free Dictionary

For further reading: http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Ticker%2BSymbol ^[5]

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1. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/tickersymbol.asp

2. http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/

3. http://finance.yahoo.com/lookup

4. http://beginnersinvest.about.com/cs/newinvestors/f/whatistickersym.htm

5. http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Ticker%2BSymbol