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Originally Posted by glassman
I guess the Dow, Nikkei, Nasdaq are all just measurement/averageing devices. My question was/is, How is the "Alibaba" traded? i guess the same goes for Sony, Toyota etc...I've nver really thought about it before.
Who handles the purchase of the actual stock? A bank?, if this is waaaay back in the thread, well, i guess i'll reread...
Sorry for not being clear, my brain's weird.
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Alibaba is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. It is traded just like any other stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Nikkei is an index which is made up of top 225 Japanese Stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.