What is NASDAQ?
[[Image:NASDAQ Logo.svg|right|200px]] '''NASDAQ''' is a [[stock exchange]] in [[New York City]]. It stands for '''National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations'''. About 3,800 companies trade on it. It is owned by a company called Nasdaq, Inc.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-10-20|title=Nasdaq {{!}} Business Solutions & Services|url=http://business.nasdaq.com/|access-date=2021-08-16|website=web.archive.org|archive-date=2016-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020164343/http://business.nasdaq.com/|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> NASDAQ was founded in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-04-29|title=NASDAQ.com Frequently Asked Questions|url=http://www.nasdaq.com/help/helpfaq.stm|access-date=2021-08-16|website=web.archive.org|archive-date=2010-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429200618/http://www.nasdaq.com/help/helpfaq.stm|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> In 2023 it bought the financial software company [[Adenza]], for $10.5 billion.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Asgari|first=Nikou|date=2023-11-16|title=LSE Group: when equities are no longer the stock in trade|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/c543f0e7-5ab3-4bca-93f9-df34283b132d|access-date=2023-11-16}}</ref> NASDAQ is a financial services corporation. == References == {{reflist}} {{-}} {{US-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:1971 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:Companies based in New York City]] [[Category:Companies listed on NASDAQ| ]] [[Category:Stock exchanges in the United States]]