Misc Facts » Stock Market facts http://www.miscfacts.com Interesting facts and fun facts Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:56:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Facts about the Stock Market http://www.miscfacts.com/facts-about-the-stock-market/ http://www.miscfacts.com/facts-about-the-stock-market/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:59:09 +0000 Admin http://www.miscfacts.com/?p=124 The stock market is a very important part of the U.S. economy as well as the for the world. We compiled the following list of interesting facts about the stock market.

  • The New York Stock Exchange wasn’t actually the first stock exchange in the United States. The Philadelphia Stock Exchange came first in 1790.
  • The first stock market in New York came in 1792 with 24 stock brokers meeting in the Tontine Coffee House.

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  • December 15, 1886 was the first day over a million shares were exchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • Since October 10, 1953, there has not been a day were less than a million shares have been traded.
  • If there is a 30 percent drop in the market, the NYSE will close down for the rest of the day.
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average began in 1896 to track the success of the market on any given day.
  • The first female joined the NYSE in 1967 and the first black joined in 1970.
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