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The U.S Stock Exchange
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Stockade in Manhattan
Placed in Manhattan to protect the Dutch from Indian and British attacks. -
Birth of the U.S Investment Market
To pay of the debt caused by the Revolutionary War over $80 million of bonds were released for purchase. -
Plans for Wall Street
On March 15th, 1685 plans were laid out for Wall Street and in 1792 Wall Street was established due to the Buttonwood Agreement. The agreement was between 24 stockbrokers and it eventually let to the New York Stock Exchange. -
NYSE Constitution
The fist constituion was established by the founders of the Buttonwood Agreement and the New York Stock Exchange was established. -
Great Field
An out of control fire destroys almost 700 buildings in Manhattan including the NYSE. -
Stock Ticker
Edward Callahan created a device he called the stock ticker which allowed current stock prices to be available. -
Black Friday
Black Friday was the crumble of the gold market due to gold speculators. -
Shutdown
WWI has caused my exchanges to shutdown and the NYSE shut down for almost 5 months. -
Black Tuesday
Start of the Great Depression because the prices for stocks had peaked and had nowhere else to go but down. -
NASDAQ
NASDAQ became the first electronic stock market -
NYSE Revolutionized
In April of 2006 the NYSE became open to the public and went electronic. -
Crash
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 22.11%
