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First Steps to Stock Extanges
In the 12th Century France, it is believed that the brith of the stock market was being born. It all started when debt was a problem. When the ‘Courretiers de change’ took on the chanllege of managing debt. The men who traded debts were called the Frist brokers. -
First Joint- Stock Company
Dutch East India country was the first company to issue stock. -
Opening Headquarters
New York Stock Market Opened on Wall Street- First day of trading at the Headquarters near Wall Street -
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Great Depression
The Great Depression was the longest down-time of the economy., wipeing out millions of investors. -
Great Depression
Stock Market Crash, the stock market was so low at this point it had no where to go but up or out of business. Lots of unemployment, failed banks, and more. This time was the beginning of the Great Depression. -
Great Depression come to an end
After almost ten years in deep economic troubles, the unemployment rate went much higher to the point where only one in five Americans couldn't get a job. Stocks were coming up and life was returning back to normal, as it was before 1829. -
"Flash Crash"
AKA the Kennedy Slide, When Kennedy was President, the stock market had another plummet after the Great Depression -
NASDAQ
Nasdaq is short for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations. Febuary 8, was the first day that Nasdaq traded. Becoming the first elctronic stock. -
Mini one-day Crash
On Friday the 13th, a crash happened in the world of stocks. Caused by a "reaction to a news story of the breakdown of a $6.75 billion leveraged buyout deal for UAL Corporation" -
Today
Today, on October 29, 2015 the S&P 500 is down .04%, Nasdaq is down .42%, and DOW is down .13%. -
Today
On October 31, 2015, the Market went down. S&P 500 is down .48%, DOW is down .52%, and Nasdaq is down .40%.
