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Terminology: NASDAQ

A global electronic marketplace for buying and selling securities, heavily famous for hosting the world’s biggest tech titans.

Street Wall St.'s Definition:

The sleek, modern, fully digital arena of the financial world. While older exchanges originally relied on physical trading floors with people screaming at each other, the NASDAQ was built completely on server networks, making it the natural home for tech.

Real-World Example:

Massive innovation giants like Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and Google choose to list their shares on the NASDAQ exchange. When people talk about ‘the NASDAQ ripping,’ they usually mean the entire global tech sector is having a massive green day.

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NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)

The largest and oldest stock exchange in the world, located on Wall Street and famous for its historic physical trading floor.

Hedge Fund

A private, loosely regulated investment partnership that uses aggressive, complex strategies to chase high returns or protect capital.

Growth Stock

Shares in a company expected to scale its revenue and earnings at a significantly faster rate than the average market baseline.