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Sunday, 09/09/2007 12:05:24 PM

Sunday, September 09, 2007 12:05:24 PM

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I recently traded the ticker ELAMF. Through this experience, I often saw delays in the posting of volume, lows, and highs of the day. It's now clear to me why this occurred. The F in ELAMF means foreign stock. Although this was clearly a foreign company by their description and name of the stock, I did not realize that strictly foreign companies (apparently without U.S. offices) could trade on our exchanges. I'm still not entirely sure this is the case, but I wanted to take a moment to share with others the meaning of the fifth symbol on tickers.

From: http://www.money-zine.com/Investing/Stocks/Stock-Tickers-and-Ticker-Symbols/

Below appears a complete list of fifth symbols and after the dot letters as well as their meanings:

Stock Ticker Symbols with Special Meaning
A - Class A
K - Non Voting
U - Units
B - Class B
L - Miscellaneous Situations
V - When Issued and When Distributed
C - Exempt from NASDAQ
M - 4th Class Preferred
W - Warrants
D - New Issue
N - 3rd Class Preferred
X - Mutual Fund
E - Delinquent with SEC
O - 2nd Class Preferred
Y - ADR (American Depository Receipts)
F - Foreign
P - 1st Class Preferred
Z - Miscellaneous Situations
G - First Convertible Bond
Q - Bankruptcy in Process
H - 2nd Convertible Bond
R - Rights
I - 3rd Convertible Bond
S - Beneficial Interest
J - Voting
T - Warrants or Rights

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