The two biggest stock exchanges in the world, in terms of total market capitalization value of the shares listed, are the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the NASDAQ. But which of these two stock exchanges has the highest number of “mega caps”? Take your guess and find out in this Finance Storyteller video.

Historically, the #NYSE has always had the largest total market capitalization of companies listed, while the #NASDAQ allows a far larger number of companies to be listed, particularly those that may be too small to meet the requirements of the NYSE. The NASDAQ also has far lower listing fees than the NYSE.

What are “mega cap” companies? Well, these are the Big Dogs! A “mega cap” is a company with a market capitalization exceeding $100 billion, some would even say exceeding $200 billion. Let’s take a look at a subset of the top 25 companies in the world in terms of market capitalization, in the middle of May 2017. 15 out of these 25 companies have their primary listing in the US, so on either the NYSE or NASDAQ.

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