FISH AND PZZA

What are stock ticker symbols? They’re the official two-, three-, or four-letter codes that companies use for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, or other markets. IBM’s stock ticker code, for example, is, well, IBM. Sometimes companies don’t just pick an abbreviation of their name and have a little F-U-N with their I-P-Os.

Ticker symbol: FUN

Company: Cedar Fair, operator of amusement parks

Ticker symbol: EAT

Company: Brinker International, parent company of Chili’s

Ticker symbol: CAR

Company: Avis Budget Rent-a-Car

Ticker symbol: BID

Company: Sotheby’s, an auction service

Ticker symbol: FAN

Company: First Trust Global Wind Energy

Ticker symbol: TAP

Company: Molson Coors Brewing Company

Ticker symbol: GRR

Company: Asia Tigers Fund

Ticker symbol: PZZA

Company: Papa John’s Pizza

Ticker symbol: ZEUS

Company: Olympic Steel

Ticker symbol: EYE

Company: National Vision Holdings

Ticker symbol: FIZZ

Company: National Beverage Corp., owner of Shasta and other soda brands

Ticker symbol: CAKE

Company: The Cheesecake Factory

Ticker symbol: FOIL

Company: iPath Pure Beta Aluminum

Ticker symbol: BUD

Company: Anheuser-Busch InBev

Ticker symbol: WOOD

Company: Global Timber & Forestry

Ticker symbol: BOOM

Company: Dynamic Materials, explosives manufacturer

Ticker symbol: BEN

Company: Franklin Resources

Ticker symbol: MMM

Company: 3M

Ticker symbol: TAN

Company: Guggenheim Sola

Ticker symbol: HOG

Company: Harley-Davidson

Ticker symbol: PBJ

Company: Dynamic Food & Beverage

Ticker symbol: COOL

Company: Majesco Entertainment, a video game publisher

Ticker symbol: COW

Company: Ishares Global Agriculture

Ticker symbol: ROCK

Company: Gibraltar Industries

Ticker symbol: MOO

Company: Vectors Agribusiness

Ticker symbol: JOB

Company: General Employment Enterprises, a staffing and recruiting company

Ticker symbol: WOOF

Company: VCA Inc., which runs a chain of veterinary hospitals

Ticker symbol: FISH

Company: Azure Midstream Partners (Get it? You find fish in a stream.)

Only woman to found a major American city: Julia Tuttle, the “Mother of Miami, Florida” (1874).