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Houston HilbunNDAQ 2 - If you decrease expense, EPS will go up, not because the company is doing better, but because the expense has gone down. If that expense is worker expense, which is not sustainable in a decrease, how stable do you believe these higher EPS' to be?Michael KozemchakNDAQ2 – What type of market/economic conditions drive the stock & commodities exchange industry?Andrew HockeyNDAQ – How will an increase in trading volume (which over the long haul we’ll assume will increase) affect NDAQ differently than its competitors?Jordan FuentesNDAQ: 70%+ growth doesn’t seem sustainable, is this factored into your stock price? Also, the target price is very close to the current price, why not sell and take profits (about an extra 5% return if it hits the target, the hold recommendation shows some doubt in the company, why not take profit)?Christian LANGNASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NDAQ)Nasdaq mostly relies on the domestic market of the USA, what will happen with Nasdaq’s shares if the American economy is performing bad? Are they already trying to invest into other countries as well?James A. DominguezNASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NDAQ):What strategic investing options should the NASDQ OMX take in order to combat heavy losses due to recent unpredictable market volatility? What tech companies is the NASDAQ OMX looking to do business with? In what way may these tech companies promote the NAWDAQ OMX?John CordovaNASDAQIs the strategy of acquiring smaller and regional exchanges short-term or long-term??Armin TriendlNASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NDAQ)Reading over the report it seems like this company is growing through acquisitions. Is the company and the company’s management able to keep the overview over the acquisitions in order to be efficient? At the moment there is a trend of spinning off parts of a company to make it its own company in order to get the maximum out of each department, e.g. EBay and PayPal.Stefanie StebeggNASDAQ QMX Group, Inc. (NDAQ)You are writing in your analyst that NASDAQ has a big opportunity to benefit from providing new products and services for customers. Which products and services especially?What is your opinion concerning the IBIS World forecasting report? On the one hand there is the argument that saving rates are expecting to increase and therefore the trading volume is going up and on the other hand there is the statement that there is an investor uncertainty and more investors are becoming conservative with their investments. This leads to a decreasing trading volume.Antonio TrujilloNDAQWhy hold the company, when selling it and purchasing a competitor would have higher returns? Especially if the company push past its’ all time high stock price?Tyler VictorNASDAQIt seems that the company relies on the overall state of the economy more than companies in other industries. With the US economy expected to grow over the next 3-5 years, this appears to be good for the company. Other than the potential damage of the mishandled Facebook IPO, what is preventing NASDAQ from being recommended as a buy?Katherine HollingsworthNasdaq OMX Group (NDAQ)Compared to CME and the Intercontinental Exchange, Nasdaq has a low P/E ratio. Why a hold and not a buy? Taha MajbarNasdaq: Do you think that the company is overvalued or undervalued ? Why ? The company is close to trading in its historically highest stock price. Do you think that they can go over it ? If yes, why not recommend a buy ? Gabriel AragonNASDAQ: Does the high concentration in the US concern you?Jeffrey AlbertiNASDAQ OMX Group:It appears that your hold recommendation is largely based on speculation that their recent acquisitions and attempts at global expansion, present risks and uncertainty in addition to the benefits. But all investments come with a certain level of risk and there is always the presence of a downside- why are you anticipating the worst from the company’s investments? Is there specific evidence that you can provide indicating that these investments are more likely to fail than to succeed? Because you seem to provide a lot of metrics and evidence to support the position that NASDAQ is performing well and should continue to do so, and yet have a hold recommendation supported by generalized claims and overall conjecture about the possibility of failure. Justin FoutsNASDAQ OMX Group Inc. (NDAQ) – The stock and commodities exchange industry seems pretty saturated, what opportunities are there for growth with NASDAQ?David TrimmerNASDAQ OMX:If the NASDAQ is so much cheaper than other companies in the industry why is the company recommended as a hold rather than a buy?Dylan GregoryVI. Nasdaq OMX (NDAQ2) Hold, to Thi Le, Alex Santos & Melvin Bennet: You highlighted collaborations and strategic acquisitions as an opportunity. What indicators do you have that Nasdaq OMX will obtain strategic acquisitions in the future? M&A with which companies? “Collaborations will help Nasdaq maintain leadership… and Strategic acquisitions can also help the company gain competitive advantages.” Jacob MastNASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NDAQ): Has the company lost any key employees since the change in workforce compensation was implemented? ................
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