Smith & Wesson ( Ready to Blast ?)

[Peter Hansen]

Smith and Wesson SWB (AMEX) will move to NASDAQ (SWHC) on 7/20/06...Smth and Wesson may be 2 of your best friends........when the terrorists come to call . With all the trouble world wide ....This may be worth a play. They also make bikes and clothing....... SWB about $8.00 per share !

[Lyehopper]

Thanks for the "heads up" Pete....

[IIC]

Thanks for the "heads up" Pete....

WHAT!!!...Who brought you SWB? In the IIC 100 since when???...And who popularized it? (Spike)...You sound like some un-named newspaer publisher..."Let's take what IIC found months ago and pump it"...LOL

[JohnHenry]

WHAT!!!...Who brought you SWB? In the IIC 100 since when???...And who popularized it? (Spike)...You sound like some un-named newspaer publisher..."Let's take what IIC found months ago and pump it"...LOL

LOL IIC you make me laugh...back to business...so will the move drive the prices up? If so why, is it because it's moving to a bigger market?

[skiracer]

LOL IIC you make me laugh...back to business...so will the move drive the prices up? If so why, is it because it's moving to a bigger market?

Actually it will get a bigger audience and more funds will be able to add it to their portfolios. A little easier to trade the Nasdaq than the Amex in my opinion an alot more reliable information with the Nasdaq. I think the rules and regulations for a Nasdaq listing are more stringent so it is harder to get listed on the Nasdaq therefore stocks listed there are thought to be better or of a higher caliber.

[IIC]

Actually it will get a bigger audience and more funds will be able to add it to their portfolios. A little easier to trade the Nasdaq than the Amex in my opinion an alot more reliable information with the Nasdaq. I think the rules and regulations for a Nasdaq listing are more stringent so it is harder to get listed on the Nasdaq therefore stocks listed there are thought to be better or of a higher caliber.

Why would that be?...The NASD which owns the Nasdaq bot the AMEX 8 years ago...Why would there really be any difference?

Anxiety in Amex's Smaller Pond; Can N.A.S.D. Save It? What if It Goes Public? Stay Tuned

By DIANA B. HENRIQUES
864 members of American Stock Exchange will be legally entitled to nothing if exchange converts itself to public corporation; members sold their stake in Amex last year when they approved its acquisition by National Association of Securities Dealers, which also owns Nasdaq stock market; in return, they mostly got promises, including critical assurance that NASD would make $110 million in overdue technology improvements that exchange could not afford on its own; NASD chief executive Frank G Zarb says that within next two years even long-struggling Amex could get new lease on life and fresh capital by being spun off as publicly traded conmpany; optimistic vision assumes NASD can first conquer problems such as outdated trading technology, dearth of new equity listings and uncertain market niche; if association fails, there may be little for former seat owners to squabble over; acting Amex president Salvatore Sodano comments; graph; chart; drawing; photo
August 12, 1999 Business News
MORE ON AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE AND: MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES, COMPANY AND ORGANIZATION PROFILES, SODANO, SALVATORE, ZARB, FRANK G, NATIONAL ASSN OF SECURITIES DEALERS

[skiracer]

Why would that be?...The NASD which owns the Nasdaq bot the AMEX 8 years ago...Why would there really be any difference?

Anxiety in Amex's Smaller Pond; Can N.A.S.D. Save It? What if It Goes Public? Stay Tuned

By DIANA B. HENRIQUES
864 members of American Stock Exchange will be legally entitled to nothing if exchange converts itself to public corporation; members sold their stake in Amex last year when they approved its acquisition by National Association of Securities Dealers, which also owns Nasdaq stock market; in return, they mostly got promises, including critical assurance that NASD would make $110 million in overdue technology improvements that exchange could not afford on its own; NASD chief executive Frank G Zarb says that within next two years even long-struggling Amex could get new lease on life and fresh capital by being spun off as publicly traded conmpany; optimistic vision assumes NASD can first conquer problems such as outdated trading technology, dearth of new equity listings and uncertain market niche; if association fails, there may be little for former seat owners to squabble over; acting Amex president Salvatore Sodano comments; graph; chart; drawing; photo
August 12, 1999 Business News
MORE ON AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE AND: MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES, COMPANY AND ORGANIZATION PROFILES, SODANO, SALVATORE, ZARB, FRANK G, NATIONAL ASSN OF SECURITIES DEALERS

I think your article answers your question. Much better exposure to the general investing public and probably many funds which can now own it. But I think the exposure mainly and the ease of trading in an out of stocks listed on the Nasdaq as opposed to the Amex. I've owned plenty of positions in stocks listed on the Amex and couldn't make a move or get a quote at the open because their lines or feeds weren't open an it cost me money on a number of occassions. I usually shy away from stocks on the Amex because of that an I'd bet lots of others do also.