Other important indices

There are many other agencies calculating indices all over the world. The main benchmarks are shown in Table 16.1.

* Large and relatively safe companies are referred to as blue chips.

Originally it stood for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, but now it is NASDAQ in its own right.

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