As asset listing requirements for trading on any exchange vary from one country to the other, so do the three -
letter ticker symbol has to go through an approval process before being issued by the relevant authority.
Not exact matches
The
ticker symbol is a short string of
letters that serves as a unique identifier for the mutual fund.
In this year's
letter to shareholders, Buffett writes that, «Charlie [Munger] and I view the marketable common stocks that Berkshire owns as interests in businesses, not as
ticker symbols to be bought or sold based on their «chart» patterns, the «target» prices of analysts or the opinions of media pundits.
One example, the so - called «Graham and Buffett Portfolio» comprises stocks whose
ticker symbols consist only of the
letters found in the names «Benjamin Graham» and «Warren Buffett.»
When a company is involved in bankruptcy proceedings, the
letter «Q» is added to the end of the company's stock
ticker symbol.
Let's say someone came up with evidence (or even just a theory) that all stocks with a
ticker symbol beginning with the
letter «M» were undervalued by 10 %.
Maybe you've wondered why
ticker symbols for all traditional mutual funds end with the same
letter — the
letter «X.» I certainly have, so I decided to do some research.