https://microformats.org/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Angus+McIntyreMicroformats Wiki - User contributions [en]2026-06-06T14:14:42ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.38.4https://microformats.org/wiki/index.php?title=stock-symbol-examples&diff=13457stock-symbol-examples2006-06-10T23:44:13Z<p>Angus McIntyre: /* Real-World Examples */</p>
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<div>= Stock Symbols =<br />
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News services, financial sites, blogs are various other websites all refer to stocks on a regular basis. Some mentions are part of a news story while others give advice and review the stock or the company.<br />
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== The Problem ==<br />
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Formulate an unambiguous, machine parseable, representation that can be used when stocks are mentioned. This should work with hReview as it's just marking up the recommended example a bit more to make it easier for tools. (Also see # 9 in [http://microformats.org/wiki/hreview-faq hReview FAQ])<br />
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== Participants ==<br />
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* John Panzer<br />
* Sujata Ramchandran<br />
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== Real-World Examples ==<br />
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* From Yahoo! stocks<br />
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Shares of Tractor Supply (TSCO:Nasdaq - commentary - research - Cramer's Take)<br />
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* MSN Money<br />
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The 2006 portfolio is up 12%, lead by Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD, news, msgs), <br />
CSX (CSX, news, msgs) and Caterpillar (CAT, news, msgs), up 59%, 46% and 39%, respectively <br />
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* From Motley Fool<br />
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I made my top pick Quality Systems (Nasdaq: QSII)<br />
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* Wall Street Journal<br />
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Toyota Motor Corp. reported Wednesday a 39% rise in its fourth-quarter<br />
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*From a stock pick blog.<br />
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Today's pick is Time Warner.<br />
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*From a spam email<br />
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Golden Apple Oil and Gas, Inc. (GAPJ)<br />
THIS ST OCK IS EXTREMELY UNDERVALUED!<br />
GAPJ - is our NEXT HOT P ICK, which we feel is most undervalued<br />
stock we have ever featured and should out perform all other picks.<br />
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*From a spam stock tracking site ([http://www.spamnation.info spamnation.info])<br />
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name symbol last date total<br />
BackWeb Technologies Ltd BWEB 10.06.2006 6<br />
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== Existing Practices ==<br />
* ''Summary of common patterns discovered''<br />
* ''Other attempts to solve The Problem''<br />
== Proposal ==<br />
* Early drafts<br />
* ''Link to related pages as they become available''<br />
** -brainstorming<br />
** - proposal<br />
** -microformat<br />
== See Also ==<br />
* ''Other microformats''<br />
* ''Normative references for tags used''</div>Angus McIntyre