据报道，Facebook已选择在纳斯达克（NASDAQ）进行首次公开募股。此前几个月（甚至更长的一段）时间里，纳斯达克和竞争对手纽交所（NYSE）一直在争夺Facebook。

    对许多人来说，Facebook选择纳斯达克顺理成章。纳斯达克是高新技术企业的圣地，绝大部分第一代互联网公司最终都选择了纳斯达克。不过在过去几年，纽交所也取得了很大进展。纳斯达克多年来一直在提供许多颇具特色的服务，而纽交所现在也越来越多地开始提供这些服务。

    我们来看看下面的图表。它详细列出了过去10年，由风险投资所支持的高新技术公司在两大股票交易所的首次公开募股情况。

    Facebook reportedly has chosen to list its shares on the NASDAQ, after having been wooed for months (if not longer) by both NASDAQ and rival exchange NYSE.

    To many, this likely sounds like a no-brainer. NASDAQ has built its franchise on technology companies, and almost all of the Internet's first generation ended up there. Over the past couple of years, however, the NYSE has been making significant inroads, particularly as it tries to offer more and more of the supplemental services that NASDAQ has featured for years.

    Just take a look at the following chart, which tracks new listings of venture capital-backed information technology companies.

    没错：2012年，由风投支持的高新技术企业多选择在纽交所、而不是纳斯达克进行首次公开募股。而且汤森路透（Thomson Reuters）所计算的纽交所公司数量还未将点评网站Yelp包括在内，这是因为Yelp在融资后期接受了来自私募股权公司Elevation Partners的投资（我猜测现在情况已经变了，因为Elevation Partners也投资了Facebook），不然，两者的差距还会更大。

    当然，Facebook牵手纳斯达克或将为后者带来些许光环效应，吸引到更多的高新技术企业。不过在去年，我们看到了商务社交网站LinkedIn选择纽交所，而团购网站Groupon和社交游戏公司Zynga选择了更“传统的”纳斯达克。换句话而言，不是每家公司都会随大流。

    所以，虽然纽交所这次不走运，但绝不意味着它今年将无缘高新技术企业。

    译者：项航

    That's right: More VC-backed tech companies have gone public on the NYSE in 2012 than on the NASDAQ. And that discrepancy would be even larger if Thomson Reuters included Yelp (YELP) in its figures -- but it gets excluded due to a later-stage private equity investment from Elevation Partners (my guess is that changes, since Elevation also invested in Facebook).

    There's a decent chance that Facebook may have a bit of halo affect on NASDAQ for future tech issuers, but just last year we saw LinkedIn (LNKD) pick NYSE while both Groupon (GRPN) and Zynga (ZNGA) stayed more "traditional." In other words, not everyone follows the pack.

    So a bad day for NYSE, but certainly not the end of its new listings year.