def METHOD_NAME():
    fpath = os.path.join(get_data_path('stock_data'), 'symbols.qdom')
    if os.path.exists(fpath):
        with open(fpath, 'rb') as f:
            symbols = pickle.load(f)
    else:
        symbols = get_nasdaq_symbols()
        symbols.reset_index(inplace=True)
        with open(fpath, 'wb') as f:
            pickle.dump(symbols, f, pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
    return symbols