Comments on: List of interesting ETF tickers http://www.indextown.com/archives/2008/02/01/list-of-interesting-etf-tickers/ Personal finance and investing in mutual funds and ETFs Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:30:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Ted http://www.indextown.com/archives/2008/02/01/list-of-interesting-etf-tickers/#comment-23118 Ted Tue, 27 May 2008 21:40:43 +0000 http://www.indextown.com/archives/2008/02/01/list-of-interesting-etf-tickers/#comment-23118 LUV = Southwest Airlines Goes back to their beginning at Dallas Love field and their heart symbol trademark. Slick. LUV = Southwest Airlines

Goes back to their beginning at Dallas Love field and their heart symbol trademark. Slick.

]]> By: choozm http://www.indextown.com/archives/2008/02/01/list-of-interesting-etf-tickers/#comment-20189 choozm Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:32:34 +0000 http://www.indextown.com/archives/2008/02/01/list-of-interesting-etf-tickers/#comment-20189 Interesting. "Your money and your brain" also have some interesting writing on familiar stock tickers: Companies can exploit your preference for the familiar by listing their stocks with catchy ticker symbol. Stocks like MOO or GEEK or KAR tend to outperform those with unpronounceable symbols like LXK or PHM. Actually this is related to "home bias" that we tend to associate familiarity with safety. Interesting.

“Your money and your brain” also have some interesting writing on familiar stock tickers: Companies can exploit your preference for the familiar by listing their stocks with catchy ticker symbol. Stocks like MOO or GEEK or KAR tend to outperform those with unpronounceable symbols like LXK or PHM.

Actually this is related to “home bias” that we tend to associate familiarity with safety.

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