What is a Ticker Symbol?

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Tip 1 - Ticker+Symbol

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by celio BESERRA | permalink

Definition of Ticker+Symbol in the Financial Dictionary by The Free Dictionary

For further reading: http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Ticker%2BSymbol ^[1]

Tip 2 - What is a Ticker Symbol?

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Francie Royce | permalink

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 ^[2]

Tip 3 - Ticker Symbol Lookup

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by John Vachna | permalink

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/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - Symbol Lookup from Yahoo Finance

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by WESLEY CRAFTON | permalink

Search for ticker symbols for Stocks, Mutual Funds, ETFs, Indices and Futures on Yahoo Finance.

For further reading: http://finance.yahoo.com/lookup ^[4]

Tip 5 - Ticker Symbol Definition | Investopedia

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Sarah P | permalink

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 ^[5]