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JAC
06-06-2006, 09:18 AM
Question from a newbie. Why does the same index, e.g. S&P500, get more than one symbol, e.g. different ones at the various charting/quote services such as Yahoo versus other sites? Does somebody own "INX" so that Yahoo has to call it GSPC?
Jonathan