Ticker symbols are a shorthand way of describing a company's stock so there's no significant difference between those that have three letters and those that have four or five.

If X, the former Twitter, goes public, it might be able to snag a coveted single-letter symbol.

But, unless they are delisted, they aren’t giving up the one-letter symbol. So, while a one-letter may communicate a certain weightiness, it may also communicate stodginess.” ...

In some cases, a stock ticker symbol on the Nasdaq will have five letters, and the fifth letter is an identifier symbol.

The ticker itself is the constantly updating stream of information about a stock, and the ticker symbol is its code, consisting of between one and four letters. Image source: The Motley Fool.

Vivendi SA adopted the first letter of its name as the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for its American depositary shares. The stock slid 1.9 percent in its market debut Sept. 12.

But there’s a less significant, but nevertheless interesting, aspect of the deal: The company traded on the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker “X,” making it one of six single-letter ...

Research shows clever ticker symbols could help attract more investors. Here's a list of some fun tickers trading today.

By appending special codes, also known as fifth-letter codes, to the end of the ticker symbol, Nasdaq communicates additional information to investors.

Take CASH, which is the ticker for the Global X High Interest Savings ETF. It’s one of the top-traded symbols in the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) so far this year, according to TMX Group Ltd., which ...

A stock symbol is a series of letters assigned to a security for trading purposes. Investors started using them to streamline hundreds of trades being made by the minute.