Nasdaq Fun Facts
NASDAQ's original name, which is an acronym that reflects its origins as an electronic quotation system.
What is the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations?
Nasdaq became the world's first stock market to trade electronically in this year
What is 1971?
This Canadian company, a leading commerce technology company, recently transferred its U.S. listing from NYSE to Nasdaq
What is Shopify?
This 1,815-foot structure in downtown Toronto held the record as the world's tallest free-standing structure for 32 years until 2007
What is the CN Tower?
This stock market index made its debut in 1985, tracking 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange
What is the Nasdaq-100?
This was the year Adena Friedman became the CEO of Nasdaq
What is 2017?
This online retail giant, based in Seattle, became a NASDAQ-100 Company in 2005 and has since become one of its highest-valued listings
What is Amazon?
Toronto hosts this international film festival, one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world
What is the Toronto International Film Festival or TIFF?
Where colleagues can go on Nasdaq Insider to share photos from daily life around Nasdaq
What is Nasdaq Photo Booth?
Move over Prince; this was the year the Nasdaq MarketSite opened in Times Square
What is 1999?
In 2023, this chip manufacturer's stock soared, helping drive the NASDAQ to record highs as AI enthusiasm grew
What is NVIDIA?
According to the Michelin Guide, Toronto has this many Michelin Star restaurants as of 2024
What is 16?
This weekly gathering, an important part of Swedish culture, was introduced to Nasdaq worldwide
What is Fika?
This popular exchange-traded fund, or ETF, tracks the Nasdaq-100 Index and turned 25 in 2024
What is the Invesco QQQ?
In 2021, this cryptocurrency exchange platform became the first major crypto company to go public on the Nasdaq
What is Coinbase?
Toronto's Rogers Centre was the first stadium in the world to have this architectural feature
What is a fully retractable roof?
This is Nasdaq's core purpose
What is "to advance economic progress for all?"
In this year, Nasdaq officially completed the acquisition of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange
What is 2008?
This was the first Ethereum spot exchange-traded product, which debuted on Nasdaq
What is the iShares Ethereum Trust ETF?
This large Toronto park contains a zoo, greenhouses, gardens, and was once the estate of businessman John George Howard
What is High Park?