Talk:Nasdaq/Archive 1

Merge
Is there any reason that The NASDAQ Stock Market is separate from NASDAQ? It is 100% redundant. Lalala666 03:49, 28 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Simple. Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc and Nasdaq the stock market are related, but not the same thing. Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. is the full incorporated name of the company that owns the Nasdaq stock exchange. However, that does not mean the Nasdaq stock exchange is the ONLY stock exchange the Nasdaq Stock Market owns or may own.  Currently, Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. is in discussions to buy out other stock exchanges, and owns a 30% stake in the London Stock Exchange.  That is completely irrelevant as to the "Nasdaq" stock EXCHANGE page.  The Revenue, employees, etc etc, are all completely irrelevant to the Nasdaq stock exchange page.  However, for those interested in investing in the company, I.E. NDAQ, they may be useful.  Suppose Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. bought the rest of the London Stock Exchange company.  The London stock exchange would have its own page, and its history. The Nasdaq Stock Exchange would have its own page, and its history.  The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. would have its own page, listing that it owns both the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, and its own page, and how much revenue it made the last quarter.  Sentineneve 15:28, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
 * That's a good explanation, but it needs to be carried out. The Stock Market article is, literally, like 90% redundant with the NASDAQ article...if they are truly separate domains, then we need to separate them.  Otherwise just make the Nasdaq Stock Exchange a subsection under Nasdaq.  Given the shortness of both articles, I kind of think we should do the latter.  You're right, they're different, but you wouldn't know by reading the articles, that's all.  Thanks for responding quickly!  Lalala666 02:25, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Or perhaps more usefully, we could just more carefully define the scopes of the two articles...for example, NASDAQ isn't the name of the company, but it has the company's ticker symbol in the box. If you think I'm wrong and don't want to change it, feel free to pull down the merge notice.  Lalala666 02:28, 1 May 2007 (UTC)


 * At this point, I will be pulling down the merger. There is information not associated with "Nasdaq" that would go into NDAQ.  NDAQ just bought out another stock exchange called OMX. When the official announcement is made, I will be updating the page. The problem has been NDAQ has been considerably slower about buying another stock exchange than its NYSE counterparts.  Sentineneve 20:45, 24 May 2007 (UTC)


 * A more simple example would be this. If somebody wished to invest in the Nasdaq Stock Index, they would chose an index fund such as "QQQQ", which tracks the performance of the Nasdaq Composite.  If somebody wished to invest in the Nasdaq Company because they feel the company has high performance potential or is underpriced, they would buy "NDAQ". QQQQ could get crushed and go to 1k, and NDAQ would still make money. In fact, if QQQQ went down that far, NDAQ probably made a LOT of money because NDAQ makes money by how often trades are made, not what the underlying price of each company is, which is what QQQQ tracks. The main problem is just the company called itself "Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc." instead of something like "Nasdaq Holdings". If you wish a different example, look at "Nyx" and "NYSE". NYX is the company that owns the New York stock Exchange. Sentineneve 15:37, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Recent Page Move
Why was this moved? Was simply "NASDAQ" deemed to easy for our readers? Nelson Ricardo 00:20, 25 April 2005 (UTC)
 * I moved it back. "NASDAQ" is the common name and where it should be. &mdash;Mulad (talk) 05:17, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

Recent changes
Reading the Quick Facts section and others, they sound like an advertisement for Nasdaq, talking it up. " A world-renowned market and world-class competitor, NASDAQ is supported by diversified business lines with the goal of providing exceptional value to the marketplace and significant opportunities to the company with the highest regulatory integrity." - puh-leeze

I had a look at the history and most of these changes were made from 206.200.254.205 - that IP is within Nasdaq's domain itself. I'm all for max information in Wikipedia but the way this article is worded is a bit odd. I'm not going to change anything right now, just pointing it out for discussion purposes.

Looking at the individual changes, it seems that certain facts or observations were removed that a reader may find interesting but that perhaps Nasdaq doesn't like. I believe that corporate bias has affected this article.


 * I noticed this too. It's quite obviously marketing copy from Nasdaq. I'd be all for changing it back. Bewildebeast 12:12, 1 June 2005 (UTC)


 * Gone. Obscene. It didn't even mention anything not already in the article. B. Phillips 06:52, 2 July 2005 (UTC)

Index Calculation
Maybe someone can explain the index calculation more precisely? Thanks, Abdull 85.72.38.12 (talk) 13:01, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

Hours that the exchange is open
My impression from popular culture is that the NASDAQ is only open during certain hours of the day, and only on weekdays? I've been having trouble finding information about this on Wikipedia, but it seems relevant to the article. I'd be particularly interested in finding out how after-hours trading works; I've heard the term a lot, but I can't find an article about it. -- Creidieki 04:41, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

NASDAQ is open for trading during "normal US market hours" like the AMEX and NYSE. 6:30AM - 1PM Pacific (9:30AM - 4PM Eastern). It is closed on weekends and US federal holidays. [] After hours trades are provided by ETCs such as Archipelago. I don't know where you'd put that in the article - I'll leave that up to someone else. Matt 06:19, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Nasdaq, along with the NYSE and other U.S. national and regional exchanges is also closed on "Black Friday" or Good Friday for superstitious reasons since the 2nd crash of the 1930's. Stevenmitchell 22:58, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm not comfortable making the change myself, but the market is online as of 7am and goes offline at 8pm. Orders can be taken in any symbol that's available on other ECNs; and obviously things pick up while the other major markets (NYSE, AMEX) are open from 9:30 to 4:00pm. Hope that helps sort things out. Sam 13:49, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Naming convention for Companies and Businesses
I just wanted to draw attention and comment to on a draft poll to determine naming convention for companies and businesses. I have looked around a number of places and have only seen comments to the effect of "we should have a convention" or "do we have a convention" on how to name a XXX company. This has either the effect of drawing a few uninterested comments or a stirring up a heated debate. In either case the net result is generally zero. Your comments to help clarify this poll and later corresponding vote would be greatly appreciated. --Reflex Reaction (talk)&bull; 20:11, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Naming conventions (companies)/poll
Voting has begun and will continue until March 5. Please resolve this lagging issue. --Reflex Reaction (talk)&bull; 22:39, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

OTC and Curb exchange?
Should this article not have a section in "history" about the NASDAQ as successor to the Over the Counter and the "Curb Exchange" systems of trading?


 * Hello Unknown
 * Again an unsigned conribution. But I fully accept the request and would be able to contribute as a foreigener working in all this at the time concerned. Please note my two contributions here in discussion. To quite an extent I would be able to write this possibly necessary addition. But why do you want this addition and who are you ?
 * I had so far some really negative experinces with wikipedia and I decided not to produce articles or additions anymore. This because of vandalism.

Ruedi Walt 01:57, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Move from Washington DC to NYC
Should this article mention the NASDAQ move from Washington DC to NYC in 2001? Since NASDAQ is relatively new as a marketplace, it seems there should be an expanded history section, also including their ownership of the American Stock Exchange. There seems to be a substantial amount of information missing from this article. Stevenmitchell 05:53, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

copyvio in Indices section
The "Indices" section of this article seems to be copied from http://dynamic.nasdaq.com/reference/IndexDescriptions.stm Is that copyvio? In any case, it does not seem to improve upon the readability over the original web page to simply copy it verbatim to wikipedia. (fyi, that text was originally inserted on 3 May 2005) -- Bovineone 20:03, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Due to lack of response, I've flagged the article copyvio. Bovineone 06:06, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Smooth move. Rather than get rid of valid content, you should only have removed/tagged the section in question! &mdash;Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 13:06, 13 March 2006 (UTC)'

==Indices== Indices of The Nasdaq Stock Market

The following common type securities are eligible for index inclusions. There is no distinction between either the NASDAQ National Market vs. the NASDAQ SmallCap Market, or domestic US vs. Non-US securities.

Security Class
 * American Depositary Receipts (ADRs)
 * Common
 * Limited Partnership Interests
 * Ordinary Shares
 * Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
 * Shares of Beneficial Interest (SBIs)
 * Tracking Stocks

The following issue types are not eligible for inclusion in the indices: closed-end funds, convertible debentures, exchange traded funds, preferred stocks, rights, warrants, units and other derivative securities.

NASDAQ-100 Index
The NASDAQ-100 Index includes 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial companies listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market based on market capitalization. The Index reflects companies across major industry groups including computer hardware and software, telecommunications, retail/wholesale trade and biotechnology. It does not contain financial companies including investment companies. The NASDAQ-100 Index is calculated under a modified capitalization-weighted methodology.

The NASDAQ-100 trades as an Exchange-traded fund under the symbol nasdaq: QQQQ.

On January 31, 1985, the NASDAQ-100 Index began with a base of 250.00. On January 1, 1994, the NASDAQ-100 base was reset by division of a factor of 2.00 to 125.00.

NASDAQ Financial-100 Index
The NASDAQ Financial-100 Index includes 100 of the largest domestic and international financial companies listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market based on market capitalization. They include companies classified by the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) as Financials, which are included within the NASDAQ Bank, Insurance and Other Finance Indexes.

On January 31, 1985, the NASDAQ Financial-100 Index began with a base of 250.00.

NASDAQ Composite Index
The NASDAQ Composite Index measures all NASDAQ domestic and international based common type stocks listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market.

Today the NASDAQ Composite includes over 3,000 companies, more than most other stock market indices. Because it is so broad-based, the Composite is one of the most widely followed and quoted major market indices.

On February 5, 1971, the NASDAQ Composite Index began with a base of 100.00.

NASDAQ National Market Composite Index
The NASDAQ National Market Composite Index is a sub-set of the NASDAQ Composite Index, and consists of all companies included in the NASDAQ Composite Index which are listed on the NASDAQ National Market tier of The Nasdaq Stock Market.

On July 10, 1984 the NASDAQ National Market Composite Index began with a base of 100.00.

NASDAQ Bank Index
The NASDAQ Bank Index contains NASDAQ listed companies classified according to the ICB as Banks. They include banks providing a broad range of financial services, with significant retail banking and money transmission.

On February 5, 1971, the NASDAQ Bank Index began with a base of 100.00.

NASDAQ Biotechnology Index
The NASDAQ Biotechnology Index contains companies that are classified according to the ICB as either biotechnology or pharmaceutical which also meet other eligibility criteria. The NASDAQ Biotechnology Index is calculated under a modified capitalization-weighted methodology.

On November 1, 1993, the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index began with a base of 200.00

NASDAQ Computer Index
The NASDAQ Computer Index contains NASDAQ listed companies classified according to the ICB as Computer Hardware, Semiconductors, and Software & Computer Services. They include firms that manufacture and distribute computers and associated electronic data processing equipment and semiconductor capital equipment, manufacturers and distributors of wafers and chips, providers of computer services and IT consultants, Internet access providers, internet software and on-line service providers, and producers and distributors of computer software.

On November 1, 1993, the NASDAQ Computer Index began with a base of 200.00.

NASDAQ Industrial Index
The NASDAQ Industrial Index contains NASDAQ listed companies not classified in one of the NASDAQ sector Indexes. These include firms that are involved in mining, oil and gas, chemicals, construction and building materials, forestry and paper, steel and other metals, aerospace and defense, diversified industrials, electronic and electrical equipment, engineering and machinery, automobiles and parts, household goods and textiles, beverages, food producers and processors, health, personal care and household products, tobacco, general retailers, leisure and hotels, media agencies, photography, publishing and printing, support services, food and drug retailers, electricity, utilities, and biotechnology and pharmaceutical firms not included in the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index.

On February 5, 1971, the NASDAQ Industrial Index began with a base of 100.00.

NASDAQ National Market Industrial Index
The NASDAQ National Market Industrial Index is a sub-set of the NASDAQ Industrial Index, and consists of all companies included in the NASDAQ Industrial Index which are listed on the NASDAQ National Market tier of The Nasdaq Stock Market.

On July 10, 1984 the NASDAQ National Market Industrial Index began with a base of 100.00.

NASDAQ Insurance Index
The NASDAQ Insurance Index contains NASDAQ listed companies classified according to the ICB classification system as Insurance or Life Assurance. They include insurance brokers, non-life insurance, re-insurance, other insurance, and life assurance.

On February 5, 1971, the NASDAQ Insurance Index began with a base of 100.00.

NASDAQ Other Finance Index
The NASDAQ Other Finance Index contains NASDAQ listed companies classified according to the ICB classification system as Investment Companies, Real Estate, Specialty and Other Finance, or Investment Entities. They include real estate holding and development, property agencies, asset managers, consumer finance, investment banks, mortgage finance, other finance including financial holding companies, security and commodity exchanges, and other financial companies.

On February 5, 1971, the NASDAQ Other Finance Index began with a base of 1000.00.

NASDAQ Telecommunications Index
The NASDAQ Telecommunications Index contains NASDAQ listed companies classified according to the ICB classification system as Television, Radio & Filmed Entertainment, Subscription Entertainment Networks, and Telecommunications Services and Equipment. They include independent radio and television contractors, film production, providers of television, media services and programming facilities including those driven by subscription, operators of wireless and fixed-line telecommunication services, and manufacturers and distributors of digital equipment used in telecommunication.

On November 1, 1993, the NASDAQ Utility Index was renamed the NASDAQ Telecommunications Index. The former NASDAQ Utility Index was reset to a base of 200.00, using a factor of 5.74805.

NASDAQ Transportation Index
The NASDAQ Transportation Index contains NASDAQ listed companies classified according to the ICB classification system as Transport. They include firms that provide air, rail, road, freight, and water transport and their related facilities and services.

On February 5, 1971, the NASDAQ Transportation Index began with a base of 100.00.

NASDAQ Index Calculation Description
All NASDAQ Indices are market value weighted except the NASDAQ-100 Index which is weighted using a modified market capitalization method. The representation of each security in the Index is proportional to its last sale price times the total number of shares outstanding, relative to the total market value of the respective index.

The formula used for determining the Index values is as follows:

Index Level = Current Market Value

Adjusted Base Period Market Value X Base Value

Adjusted Base Period Market Value = Current Market Value After Adjustments

Current Market Value Before Adjustments X Previous Base Period Market Value

The level of an Index will only change as a result of price changes occurring between the opening and closing of the market. Adjustments for securities being added to or deleted from The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., or capitalization changes, are adjustments which take place during the system maintenance process which occurs after the market has closed. These adjustments will result in value changes to the current market value and adjusted base period market value, but will not in and of themselves alter the level of an Index.

Stock splits and stock dividends are likewise adjusted for during the system maintenance process. However, the system makes a price adjustment to account for the increased number of shares with the result being that the current market value does not change. As an example, assume that ABC Corp. has 1,000,000 shares outstanding with a last sale price of 20 (market value - $20,000,000) The company has declared a 2 for 1 stock split. During system maintenance on the day prior to the effective date of the split, the system will adjust the shares outstanding to 2,000,000 and will correspondingly adjust the price to 10. Result, the same current market value of $20,000,000.

In the case of cash dividends, no system adjustment is made. Neither the Current Market Value nor the Adjusted Base Period Market Value is adjusted to reflect cash dividends. The index formula relies on market forces to determine the level of the Index.

America's Community Bankers NASDAQ Index
The America's Community Bankers NASDAQ IndexSM is a market-value weighted total return index made up of a broad diversity of community based financial institutions. Unlike other NASDAQ indexes, the America's Community Bankers NASDAQ Index is calculated once a day as a total return index, which means that companies' dividends will be reinvested and included in the index value. The eligibility criteria and constituents of the America's Community Bankers NASDAQ Index are provided by America's Community Bankers (ACB). For further details, please visit the America's Community Bankers Web Site.


 * Prior to flagging copyvio, I had checked with the official Copyright problems policy and it does not provide any exceptions for cases where only specific sections are believed to infringe. The entire article may in fact need to be reviewed under scrutiny, including contributions by that user, since other portions may also be in violation.  Leaving the copyvio tag on the article is intended to provide that opportunity for closer review by a wider group of others with copyvio-experience, since no one was able to respond to my original message 3 months ago. -- Bovineone 18:02, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It's a judgement call. All you need to do is look at the edit log to figure this one out. It is silly to throw out tons of good and valid edits because of one cheesy section. &mdash;Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 18:14, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

The entire index is copied from the Nasdaq posting. I doubt if it would have any value to someone that is inexperienced with the market, without an accompanying explanation. Of course, aside from the issue of it being a copyright violation. Joseph, the reference to the "index" Bovineone is making has not been edited and as a posting would just confuse Wikipedia users. If anyone has edited it, it served no purpose. Stevenmitchell 23:09, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Help: ADF article
I've been bold. From the UK, I've edited a short article on Alternative display facility that I only saw as a Random pick - because it didn't make sense to me. It seemed to confuse an electronic facility with a self-regulatory organization. Can the Friends of NASDAQ straighten it out for me if I've got it wrong?? --Mereda 18:50, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

What is spread?
The articles makes a reference to the "spread" and how useful NASDAQ was to reduce it. But, what is it exactly? I'm from Spain and have no idea and I thought a lot of other people either. Couldn't somebody provide information about it? Thank you. Hagiographer 07:12, 16 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Hello Hagiographer
 * A spread is the difference between bid (the price someone is willing pay) and ask (the price a holder wants). A cleaver dealer was able to use this difference as his commission, as for "curb dealing" there were no commissions chargeable. This was the profession of so called OTC dealers (see also Pink Sheets). To make profit and a living a lot of inside knowledge was required. And should you ever hear: do not confuse "spread" with "mark up", a totally different matter in this market at around 1970.
 * Best regards Ruedi Walt 00:59, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

What is meant by "powerhouse"?
and creating a trans-atlantic powerhouse Article looks like it quotes a reference, but by using "powerhouse" doesn't provide clarity imo. Sorry for not offering suggestions on how to improve it, I was hoping to draw attention to someone who could. Xitit (talk) 05:07, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

How are Trades Executed?
Can someone explain how trades are executed on the Nasdaq? I had a professor recently that said orders are communicated electronically to the firm who's stock is being traded and, there a marketmaker matches buy/sell orders. That doesn't sound right. I thought the Nasdaq was a completely automated electronic trading system.

Not sure how long back this is, but provide your account and I'll chat with you about it.


 * Hello, I miss identification.
 * As your question is interesting for all users and I was involved in dealing with NASDAQ at opening: it started with about 200 securities (of apx. 10'000 listed in the Pink Sheets). Initially only with listing bid/ask and volume of each. I was on the phone with around 15 securities on the screen to deal with. Rule one: first come first served. Rule two: do not pick up a phone before you see the change onscreen for the deal you just effected. Because there was for years no real time clearing. Your question might really concern orders "at open". These naturally here never were matchabels and OTC dealers are not requested to do so in contrast to NYSE and other markets. It was simply impossible to match: see two rules above and accepted by NASD developping NASDAQ (since 1968). Please remember that sometimes even NYSE is unable to match and no trading is permitted. If today matchup rules are followed is unknown to me, I left this business 1975.

Ruedi Walt 01:38, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Timeline Cleanup
This needs to be moved off the main page or drastically curtailed; there's far too much information and it's not prioritized enough, with minor points overcrowding the essential information. 207.245.182.161 16:56, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Contradictions
I don't know if anyone else noticed this, but when it comes to describing the NASDAQ's magnitude, there seems to be two statements that portray the market differently.

In the beginning of the article, it states, "With approximately 3,200 companies, it lists more companies and on average trades more shares per day than any other U.S. market," whereas towards the end of the article the author boldly declares, "With approximately 3,200 companies, it lists more companies and, on average, its systems trade more shares per day than any other stock exchange in the world."

I'm more inclined to believe the earlier over the latter, especially seeing as whoever added the latter of the two statements failed to cite any sources whatsoever. I'm not going to make any suggestions at this time for what action, if any, to take. I'm simply bringing this issue to attention so that proper measures will be taken to modify the article to be more consistent and acceptable. Hopefully my sentiments are mutual on this one. Thanks, Alan. 24.184.184.177 (talk) 04:05, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

the nasdaq scandal
i think that it will be good to mention the nasdaq scandal. Jackzhp (talk) 01:05, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

remove text about possible purchase of Philadelphia SE?
Since a couple paragraphs above it it says that it's already happened?Critic9328 (talk) 13:03, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

working hours - eastern time???
Hey, Americans, why do you think that the rest of the world knows what eastern time is? I think there are standard names for the time zones. 93.123.35.66 (talk) 11:35, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

I think that everyone knows what Eastern Time is. Perhaps time should be listed in UTC? The current version does not list a time zone at all and could easily cause confusion, though if you have any interets in stock at all, you would proabably know that the market operates in the Easter Time Zone. ProfessorTom (talk) 00:45, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

market share
There are apparent problems with this section, you'd better remove it until a better version is available. 93.123.35.66 (talk) 11:35, 27 May 2008 (UTC) wooooooo hooooooo money money money$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.176.183.226 (talk) 10:18, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Regulation
In the article it states that the NASDAQ is regulated by the SEC, when I am under the impression that both the NASDAQ and the NYSE are regulated by FINRA. FINRA is a Self-Regulating Organization approved by the SEC. And thus the NASDAQ nor the NYSE are directly regulated by the SEC. The stocks traded on the exchanges do require registration with the SEC, but the exchanges themselves are regulated by FINRA. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.225.216.197 (talk) 04:24, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

How is the market organized?
We need a section to explain the way how the market is organized. Is there only one trade engine? I mean are all the transactions made from one single computer? And how is a retail order routed to the trade engine? Jackzhp (talk) 00:00, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Bernie Madoff as founder
It appears Madoff Bernie Madoff was founder of Nadaq. If verified that might be an important historical note:

http://www.advisor.ca/news/sec-hid-ties-to-madoff-lawyers-58905 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dougransom (talk • contribs) 14:44, 21 September 2011 (UTC)


 * To traders NASD there is no Mr. Madoff known at the start of NASDAQ, which by the time eliminated the "Pink Sheet" (1971). Funny idea.

. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruedi Walt (talk • contribs) 03:58, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Facebook IPO failures are not mentioned
Follow up on the "it reads like an advertisement" statement, it is interesting that the Facebook IPO (massive) failures are not being mentioned in the NASDAQ article at all.

I am not an expert in financial matters, but I vaguely recall that NASDAQ had similar controversies in the past.

80.4.168.167 (talk) 07:53, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

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Name?
Can the article be a little bit clearer about if and when the Exchange and/or the company that owns the Exchange has/have/not changed its/their name(s)? My CONJECTURE (and I don't know where it came from) is that "NASDAQ" is the acronym for "North American Securities Dealers Association Automated Quote" but that at some point it was decided that to use "NASDAQ" as a name for something other than the quote-system (say, the company that owned it, or the Exchange) would be confusing, so the WORD (not an acronym) "Nasdaq" was created to be the name of ANYTHING OTHER than the actual quote-system. The word "Nasdaq" appears in this article a few times, but almost all references to the exchange and the company are "NASDAQ", not "Nasdaq". So did they change the name from "NASDAQ" to "Nasdaq" (while never changing the name for the NASDAQ quote-system) and then change it back to "NASDAQ" at a later time of which I'm unaware? I know people whose only intent in coming to this article was to clarify whether their office's spell-checking dictionary should accept both "NASDAQ" and "Nasdaq" or, alternatively, flag "Nasdaq" as a misspelling, so this is the sort of information Wikipedia should contain.69.86.131.77 (talk) 21:05, 17 April 2013 (UTC)Christopher L. Simpson

Market cap
The company NDAQ is worth about $8.5 billion. The number quoted on the page is $8.5 trillion. That could be total worth of companies listed on NDAQ; that could be a typo for the worth of NDAQ. Perhaps the labelling could be clearer, so that it is more obvious which meaning of “market cap” it is. JDAWiseman (talk) 16:10, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

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Bernard Madoff
The Bernard Madoff article says of Madoff's company "After a trial run, the technology that the firm helped to develop became the NASDAQ.", implying Madoff was important to NASDAQ's start, yet he's not mentioned once in this article. If he was important to NASDAQ, that should be mentioned here. If he wasn't, then the Madoff article should be reworded. I'm not sure which article should be changed, but just think one should be, so there's no discrepancy. --Rob (talk) 05:26, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

Request page move to Nasdaq
“Nasdaq” doesn’t need to be stylized all capitals. This page should be moved to Nasdaq since it’s not usually stylized all capitals. MetricSupporter89 (talk) 03:59, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Inconsistent capitalization
NASDAQ or Nasdaq? The article keeps switching back and forth between the two. — howcheng  {chat} 19:39, 2 February 2019 (UTC)


 * I noticed that too. Seems like it should be consistently written as "Nasdaq" throughout? Spektred (talk) 20:51, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

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