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0 pointsoarsinsync1y ago0 comments

Technically it’s one fewer keystroke (and it’s AAPL).

It’s a lot fewer keystrokes for MS (Morgan Stanley), GS (Goldman Sachs) and MSFT (Microsoft) than it is for AAPL, but it’s a force of habit for some. Once you’re used to referring to firms by their ticker symbols, you do it all the time.

E.g. an ex trader friend still says “spot” instead of “point” when referring to decimal points, even if talking in other contexts like software versions.

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0823498723498721y ago

Tangent: Not fewer like F (Ford) or H (Hyatt Hotels). Unfortunately we don't have a full alphabet, missing {I, N, P, Q, Y}.

I guess if we allowed the first two letter ticker symbol for the missing singles, we could send messages by mentioning a bunch of company names.

Eg "Buy: Dominion Energy, Agilent. Hold: Nano Labs. Sell: Genpact." would refer to our esteemed moderator, and "Hyatt Hotels is pleased to announce special corporate rates for Nano Labs bookings" to this site itself.

[maybe it would be better to use the companies where the corporate name and ticker letter don't match? Like US Steel for X and AT&T for T?]

Xenoamorphous1y ago

AAPL is only fewer keystrokes than Apple if you’re in a physical keyboard and hold the shift key, which makes it hardly more convenient. If you use caps lock presumably you’ll press it again.

On a phone, at least in iOS, you have to double tap the shift key.

eviks1y ago

Technically, you forgot capitalization, so it's more keystrokes

umanwizard1y ago

Apple is also capitalized, so it's still fewer. Unless you hit "Shift" separately for each character in AAPL?

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