What is the differences in the NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX?

Faris A: What is the differences in the NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX?
In details describe what is the differences in the NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX

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Answer by Ranto
They all have web sites that explain how they are different. Look there.

Or you could look them up in Wikipedia.

Answer by b2fnow
The difference is their listing requirements. A small startup company cannot jump straight to the Big Board (NYSE).

The NYSE requires a company to have been in business for so many years and have a market cap over a certain value, among other things.

The AMEX is less stringent on these values, and the NASDAQ even less so.

Another major difference is that the NYSE is an actual physical exchange where traders get together and trade stocks. It used to be an open outcry system where they literally stood there and shouted back and forth at each other to get the best price. Now much of it is done electronically. However, it is still based on an “auction” system where traders submit buy and sell bids.

The NASDAQ stands for National Association of Securities Dealers, Automated Quote. It is an electronic exchange where brokers and traders basically “dial in” to submit orders. Huge computer systems work behind the scenes to match these orders at the best prices automatically and keep the markets moving.

The NYSE is the oldest, largest, and the most highly regarded exchange in the United States. The NYSE is a very large organization with many operating divisions composed of marketers, legal experts, planners, developers and economists. Performance of companies on the NYSE usually takes the pole position in the news, as it is considered to be one of the more important economic “indicators”.

The NASDAQ is a computer operated system that provides dealers with price quotations for stocks and securities traded through the NASDAQ. Stocks traded on the NASDAQ are usually the smaller, more volatile corporations and include many start up companies. Although stocks trading here must meet certain minimum requirements, those requirements for size, profitability etc. and less rigid than the NYSE.

Both NYSE and Nasdaq are now public companies and seeking profit (by way of listing fees and real-time data dissemination) just like any other business out there.