Ticker Shortage Hits Wall Street’s $9 Trillion ETF Machine

What happens when the buzzy names are taken?

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US.

Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

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Securing a catchy ticker can be a make-or-break mission for a new fund. That’s getting harder to do in the $9 trillion US exchange-traded fund industry.