What is the Nasdaq? Understanding the global stock exchange that’s home to the fastest-growing, most innovative companies

What is the Nasdaq? Understanding the global stock exchange that’s home to the fastest-growing, most innovative companies

The Nasdaq has a headquarters in New York City, though it's actually an electronic stock exchange.







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The Nasdaq is the world's largest electronic stock exchange with two closely watched indexes: the Nasdaq Composite and the Nasdaq 100.

Technology, consumer services, and other growth stocks dominate Nasdaq and have caused it to outperform other stock markets in recent years. 

The easiest way for individual investors to participate in the Nasdaq's volatile but high-performing stocks is via index funds.

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The Nasdaq is the largest and oldest electronic stock market in the world, meaning all of its buying and selling happens electronically, rather than on a physical trading floor. Short for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, the Nasdaq is the second-largest stock exchange globally based on the market capitalization  of its listed companies “” exceeded only by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). 

A pioneer in online operations when it launched in 1971, the Nasdaq provided a listing service for companies that had previously only traded over-the-counter (OTC). It quickly became the home for