National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation. Presented by: Ronald Dave Bautista Angelica Edonah L. Bughao Christine Joy P. Dagohoy Maria Rizza R. David Joan Melissa Guce Mary Joy M. Terrenal Keirth Jayson Y. Uy. A Market that Works for Investors - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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• computerized system established by the NASD to facilitate trading by providing broker/dealers with current bid and ask price quotes on over-the-counter stocks and some listed stocks.
• NASDAQ does not have a physical trading floor that brings together buyers and sellers.
• all trading on the NASDAQ exchange is done over a network of computers and telephones.
• The exchange is a dealers' market, meaning brokers buy and sell stocks through a market maker rather than from each other.
• A market maker deals in a particular stock and holds a certain number of stocks on his own books so that when a broker wants to purchase shares, he can purchase them directly from the market maker.
• NASDAQ National Market and the NASDAQ Small-Cap Market developed from 1982 to 1986, as the larger companies separated themselves from the smaller ones
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• Key Staff
–President and CEO: Robert Greifeld since May 2003
• Level 1: is for the customers who do not consistently trade which made them not a market maker and who usually want the current quotes on stocks.
• Level 2: is for the customers who consistently trade stocks which make the brokers to choose the market maker with the best bid and/or ask and make the deal.
• Level 3: is for the market makers who wants the level 2 but also needs the capability to change their own quotations
• NASDAQ volatility is slightly lower than the NYSE, according to a May 2005 independent study by the U.S. GAO.
• NASDAQ maintains greater stability in times of market stress.
– When markets are unstable specialist firms reduce their risk by widening spreads, participating less, or halting the stock altogether. NASDAQ's spreads remain tight and as a result volume shifts to NASDAQ and other electronic markets.
• A NASDAQ stock with a $1B market cap, trading 1M shares per day saves $1.5 million in trading costs per year in comparison to a similar stock on the NYSE.
1 For Initial listing under Standard 3, a company must satisfy one of the following: the market value of listed securities requirement or the total assets and the total revenue requirement. Under Marketplace Rule 4200(a)(19), listed securities is defined as “securities quoted on NASDAQ or listed on a national securities exchange.
2 Seasoned companies (those companies already listed or quoted on another marketplace) qualifying only under market value of listed securities requirement of Standard 3 must meet the market value of listed securities and the bid price requirement for 90 consecutive trading days prior to applying for listing.
3 Publicly held shares is defined as total shares outstanding less any shares held by officers, directors or beneficial owners of 10% or more. 4 Round lot holders are considered holders of 100 shares or more.5 An Electronic Communications Network (“ECN”) is not considered a market maker for the purposes of these rules.6 Marketplace Rules 4350 and 4351.
• watches over the NASDAQ to make sure the market operates correctly
• self-regulatory organization of the securities industry responsible for the operation and regulation of the NASDAQ stock market and over-the-counter markets.
• administrated exams for investment professionals, such as the Series 7 exam.
• In 2007, the NASD merged with the New York Stock Exchange's regulation committee to form the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA.
• NASD’s most important rules are those designed to maintain high standards of conduct.
• Depending on the offense, a member found guilty of infractions of these rules may receive a penalty as mild as censure, or may receive a fine, a suspension, or even expulsion from the Association.
• Expulsion is the ultimate penalty because an expelled member would find it virtually impossible to carry on a profitable business outside the NASD.
• NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company.
• delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with approximately 3,700 listed companies.
• offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe.
• NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries
•The world's largest IT industry exchange, with a total market value over $2 trillion.
•The world's largest biotech industry exchange, with total market value at almost $270 billion.
•The world's largest paper product industry (part of the materials sector) exchange at a market value over $32 billion.
•NASDAQ OMX is number one geographically in major-worldwide listings, with approximately 3,700 companies in 50 countries representing $4.1 trillion in total market value.