I always thought America the great Juggernaut of modern day capitalism was the first one to have a stock exchange or may be the great Britain, But when I got to know that it was Amsterdam which has the credit for the first stock exchange I was surprised.
A little of jogging my head reminded me the Dutch were the super power before the Anglo Saxon domination over threw them.
Yes, coming back to the Stock Exchange it was formed in 1602 by the Dutch East India Company for dealing in printed bonds and stocks. It also has another first : It was the first to begin trading in securities.
The oldest Building were not available but the picture is of the building which hosted the Stock Exchange before it merger in 2000
The stock exchange has changed names several times from Bourse to the Brussels Stock Exchange when it merged in 2000. Then it became the Paris Stock Exchange and it is currently merged with the Euronext.
3 comments:
hey dats interesting!!!
i also thought that it must have started in Britain.... Interesting man!!
Anyways most of the money they traded Brit or Dutch would be the Indian one ( Both were East Inia Companies) ... so we can take comfort in that...
rite!
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