There are terms for each of the letters. An investment strategy in which the seller does not own the underlying security. An electronic stock market run by the National Association of Securities Dealers.
Brokers get price quotes through a computer network and trade via telephone or computer network.
An index that covers the price movements of all stocks traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market. A subdivision of the Nasdaq Stock Market that contains the largest and most actively traded stocks on Nasdaq. Companies must meet more stringent standards to be included in this section than they do to be included in the other major subdivision, the Nasdaq Small-Cap Market. A membership organization for securities-brokerage firms and underwriters in the U.S. that promise to abide by association rules. Its sets guidelines for ethics and standardized industry practices, and has a disciplinary structure for looking into allegations of rules violations.