Nasdaq® (www.nasdaq.com) |
| The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. has been the industry innovator
since its inception in 1971. Introduced as the world’s first
electronic stock market, Nasdaq long ago set a precedent for
technological trading innovation that is unrivaled. Now poised
to become truly the world's first global market, the Nasdaq
Stock Market is the market of choice for business industry
leaders worldwide. By providing an efficient environment for
raising capital, Nasdaq has helped thousands of companies
achieve their desired growth and successfully make the leap
into public ownership. |
New
York Stock Exchange® (www.nyse.com) |
| The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE Arca) traces its origins to
a founding agreement in 1792. The NYSE registered as a national
securities exchange with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 1, 1934. The Governing Committee was
the primary governing body until 1938, at which time the exchange
hired its first paid president and created a thirty-three
member Board of Governors. The board included exchange members,
non-member partners from both New York and out-of-town firms,
as well as public representatives. |
The
American Stock Exchange (www.amex.com) |
| The American Stock Exchange (AMEX) has a significant presence
in common stocks, index shares, and equity derivative securities.
As the nation's second largest floor-based exchange, AMEX
trading is conducted through an advanced centralized specialist
system, combining the speed of computer-delivered orders with
the liquidity of customer-driven markets. Today AMEX is on
the leading edge of exchanges worldwide in developing successful
new investment products and innovative services for companies
and investors. |
The
Philadelphia Stock Exchange (www.phlx.com) |
| The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) was the first securities
exchange in the United States. The tradition of innovation
that has characterized the PHLX since its inception in 1790
has carried on throughout the years as the exchange continues
to respond to the everchanging needs of the investment community.
In addition to being the first organized exchange in the U.S.,
the PHLX can proudly boast a long list of other "firsts" that
have had an equally significant impact on the securities industry,
one of them being the first U.S. securities exchange to enter
cyberspace with its own site on the World Wide Web. |
The
Pacific Exchange (www.pacificex.com) |
| The Pacific Exchange (NYSE Arca) is a marketplace where individual
and institutional investors, professional broker-dealers,
and registered member firms meet to buy and sell more than
2,500 stocks, bonds, and other securities issued by publicly
traded companies, as well as options on more than 800 stocks.
The Pacific also trades options on the Morgan Stanley Emerging
GrowthSM index (EGI). The NYSE Arca is the third most active stock
exchange in the country and the third largest stock options
exchange in the world. |
The
Chicago Board Options Exchange (www.cboe.com) |
| The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), founded in 1973,
revolutionized options trading by creating standardized, listed
stock options. Prior to that time, options were traded on
an unregulated basis and did not have to adhere to the principle
of "fair and orderly markets." The quick acceptance of listed
options propelled CBOE to become the second largest securities
exchange in the country and the world's largest options exchange.
Today, CBOE accounts for more than 51 percent of all U.S.
options trading and 91 percent of all index options trading. |
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc (www.cme.com) |
| Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. is the largest futures
exchange in the United States and the second largest exchange
in the world for the trading of futures and options on futures.
As an international marketplace, CME brings together buyers
and sellers on its trading floors and GLOBEX® around-the-clock
electronic trading platform. CME offers futures contracts
and options on futures primarily in four product areas: Interest
rates, stock indexes, foreign exchange and commodities. |
The International Securities Exchange (www.iseoptions.com) |
| The International Securities Exchange (ISE) is the nation's
first entirely electronic options market. Fully electronic
exchanges are successfully operating around the world, providing
a significantly higher level of efficiency and faster trading
for their constituents than traditional floor-based exchanges.
The ISE provides substantial savings and safeguards for its
participants through greatly reduced operating/transaction
costs and the application of market proven state-of-the-art
software technologies and hardware. |
Boston
Options Exchange (www.bostonoptions.com) |
The Boston Options Exchange (BOX) offers fully automated
trading in the equity derivatives market under the full regulatory
responsibility of the Boston Stock Exchange (BSE). BOX lists
options contracts on the top 250 U.S. options classes with
intentions to scale up to 500 classes or more.
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