(See related pages)
On May 17, 1792, a group of commodity brokers met and signed the now famous Buttonwood Tree Agreement, thereby establishing the forerunner of what soon became the New York Stock Exchange. Today, the NYSE is the world's largest and best known stock market. On a typical day, the NYSE executes buy and sell transactions in well over a billion shares. Established in 1971, and now famous as an arena for "tech" stock investing, the NASDAQ daily executes trades for a similar number of stock shares. Together, the NYSE and NASDAQ account for the vast majority of stock trading in the United States.
|
|
|