What is the diffrence between the dow, nasdaq, and s and p 500? are they all traded on the NYSE?

The Dow and S and P 500 are indexes that include the current prices of companies to give a general overview of how the whole market is doing. The full name of the Dow is the Dow Jones Industrial average. The NASDAQ is a separate stock exchange from the NYSE just as the AMEX is. Tech stocks usually start off here. None of these things are stocks or bonds and do not get traded.

The Dow is an index of made up of 30 large corporations. The S&P 500 is also an index of large corporations, but it is made up of 500 companies. The NASDAQ is an exchange similar to NYSE, but it is newer and is exclusively electronic trading (NYSE still uses floor brokers for large trades.)

NASDAQ is known as being primarily a tech exchange so people view the NASDAQ average as a bench mark for tech stocks.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is an index of 30 large cap stocks from several sectors which are intended to be a sample of the industrial (and now service as well) economy.

NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System) - An electronic trading system where several brokers electronically make a market in stocks by placing orders to buy and sell within a network, the system executes the best prices offered.

S&P 500 - Standard and Poors 500, an index of 500 industry leading companies which S&P determines best represent the US economy.

All Dow30 were traded on the New York Stock Exchange until recently (last 5 or 6 years) when MSFT and INTC (NASDAQ) were added. The NASDAQ is an exchange, and SP500 has companies from several exchanges.

First thing is that those are stock indices, not stocks.

The Dow Jones Industrial average is an average of 30 stocks, multiplied by and adjustment factor. These are mostly big industrial stocks, such as GE.

The SP500 is an index of 500 companies, and a much better indicator of the overall market.

The Nasdaq index is of stocks that trade on the Nasdaq market.

There are mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds that try to match the indices. I think most of the exchange traded funds trade on the American Stock Exchange, not the NYSE.

Most stocks in the Dow are traded on the NYSE, but not all of them, such as Microsoft. Same with the S&P. Some are traded on the NYSE and some on the Nasdaq.. The Nasdaq is a composite index of stocks traded on that exchange. So all the stocks in that index are traded on the NASDAQ. The NYSE also has a composite index. There are many indexes that track different parts of the market. All indexes when they are created start with a value of 100.

The Dow and the S&P 500are collections of different stocks, but the NASDAQ IS a stock exchange, not a stock.

they trade different stocks and exchanges. and nyse has been around since the depression or before the depression i think.

the DOW is an Dow Jones Industrial Average

an index of some big safe companies I think

NYSE is the exchange for the bigger older companies mostly
NASDAQ newer smaller companies, not as safe, fewer regs.

Standard and Poor 500, is 500 companies (an index fund) index of 500 companies that S+P picked, they write an info guide to businesses

The Dow Jones and NASDAQ are few of the exchanges where securities are traded.

Dow Jones, or "The Dow" as it usually called, is the oldest index in the US, founded in 1884 by Charles Dow. It first included 11 stocks (nine railroads and two industrials). In 1896, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, DJIA, was launched, tracking the overall performance of only industrial stocks.

Now, the Dow Jones Index includes 30 biggest stocks and one of the averages that investors mostly follow.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average consists of the following 30 companies:

* 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) (conglomerates, "manufacturing")
* ALCOA Inc. (NYSE: AA) (aluminum)
* Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) (tobacco, foods)
* American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) (credit services)
* American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) (property & casualty insurance)
* AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) (telecoms)
* Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) (aerospace/defense)
* Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) (farm & construction equipment)
* Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) (money center banks)
* Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) (beverages)
* E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (NYSE: DD) (chemicals)
* Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) (major integrated oil & gas)
* General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) (conglomerates, media)
* General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) (auto manufacturers)
* Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) (diversified computer systems)
* Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) (home improvement stores)
* Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) (conglomerates)
* Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) (semiconductors)
* International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) (diversified computer systems)
* Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) (consumer and health care products conglomerate)
* JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) (money center banks)
* McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD) (restaurant franchise)
* Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK) (drug manufacturers)
* Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) (software)
* Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) (drug manufacturers)
* Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) (consumer goods)
* United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) (conglomerates)
* Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) (telecoms)
* Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) (discount, variety stores)
* Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) (entertainment)

The NASDAQ, created in 1971, the Nasdaq was the world's first electronic stock market. The Nasdaq is a computerized system that facilitates trading and provides price quotations on some 5,000 of the more actively traded over-the-counter stocks.

The term "Nasdaq" used to be capitalized "NASDAQ" as an acronym for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation. In recent times, the acronym was dropped, and Nasdaq is now used as a proper noun.

The Nasdaq is traditionally home to many high-tech stocks. The big ones include Microsoft, Intel, Dell and Cisco.

The NASDAQ is an over-the-counter exhange trading mostly technology stocks.

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