The Stock Market

History of the Stock Market

• ·         The biggest Stock Exchange Is the New York Stock Exchange, but it is not the oldest one.
• ·         The oldest stock exchange is the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
• ·         The New York Stock Exchange is located on Wall Street.
• ·         The Street was named Wall Street, because of the early wall that was erected to protect Dutch merchants from the natives that still lived on the island of Manhattan.
• ·         The stock market, like any other market where people trade financial instruments.

History of the Dow Jones

• ·         Dow Jones industrial index, created by Charles Dow and Edward Jones.
• ·         30 biggest companies in the United States

The NASDAQ and the NYSE

• ·         National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System.
• ·         The NYSE is a physical place.

Market Moving Events

• ·         Economic news, unemployment, inflation, interest rates
• ·         Oil and the middle east, Oil and  the Canadian Dollar
• ·         Oil and oil stock prices