Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE (ASE OR AMEX)
  
  One of the major stock exchanges in the United States. The AMEX is a central auction market, which means it conducts business on a trading floor where traders buy and sell securities from specialists, or market makers in a specific stock. The AMEX is well known as a major market for options as well as stocks.
  
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