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In general, Seeking Alpha's policy is not to use stock symbols in article titles. That includes using the symbol by itself or in parenthesis following the company name as is typically done in the body of the article. However, there are a couple of exceptions.
One exception is when the symbol is also the way the company is generally identified. For example, IBM, UPS, etc.
Another exception is ETFs, ETNs, Mutual Funds, etc. We generally use the symbols for these instruments in titles because the name of the instrument is too long. As an example, one of the most commonly used ETFs in titles is GLD:
An important caveat to using ETF, et al., symbols in titles is that the article should be primarily about the ETF being named in the title. The ETF symbol should not be used in a title if the article is a macro discussion about whatever that particular ETF represents. For example, a macro article about thegold marketshould refer to "Gold" in the title and not GLD or one of the other gold ETFs.
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