What’s In a Ticker Symbol? More Than You Might Think
Date: Oct 13 2012
Filed under: Market News
What’s in a name? For companies issuing shares on the open market for the first time via an initial public offering, the question becomes, “What’s in a ticker symbol?”
The answer is: More than you might think.
Just recently, the popular Dave and Buster’s — the restaurant-and-arcade hybrid that some have referred to as “Chuck E. Cheese for adults” — chose “PLAY” as its ticker symbol for its scheduled IPO. It joined many other companies by choosing a clever and amusing ticker instead of…
What’s In a Ticker Symbol? More Than You Might Think originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-10-13T06:00:00Z.
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