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The NASDAQ has roughly 3,300 companies that are listed for trading. Each day over one billion trades take place on the NASDAQ.
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There are exactly 100 stocks. Among them you can find: teva, ebay, chkp, msft, goog, aapl, amzn As of Jan 08, there are approximately 3,200 companies listed on the NASDAQ. The NASDAQ-100 is an Index that includes 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial securities listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market based on market capitalization. The NASDAQ Composite Index(IXIC) tracks down the performance of all the stocks that trade on the NASDAQ. There are over 3200 companies listed on the NASDAQ- mainly technology companies. So the index is indicative of how investors feel these tech companies are performing/going to perform.
Market IndexesNASDAQ and the Dow Jones Industrial Average are separate "indexes" of stocks. They track the changes in the value of the stock of different companies. Each index includes different stocks. NASDAQ includes a lot of different companies, many of which are technology companies. The Dow includes just a few dozen companies.
One of the most widely followed indexes is the NASDAQ Composite Index. Representing over 3,000 companies, it began on February 5, 1971.
Market IndexesNASDAQ and the Dow Jones Industrial Average are separate "indexes" of stocks. They track the changes in the value of the stock of different companies. Each index includes different stocks. NASDAQ includes a lot of different companies, many of which are technology companies. The Dow includes just a few dozen companies.
One can get quotes for different stocks from the Yahoo website. One can also get quotes for different stocks from websites like Daily Finance, NASDAQ, Quote and many more.
One of the most widely followed indexes is the NASDAQ Composite Index. Representing over 3,000 companies, it began on February 5, 1971.
One of the most widely followed indexes is the NASDAQ Composite Index. Representing over 3,000 companies, it began on February 5, 1971.