Stock exchange facts for kids

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A stock exchange, share market or bourse is a place where people meet to buy and sell shares of company stock. Some stock exchanges are real places (like the New York Stock Exchange), others are virtual places (like the NASDAQ).

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The New York Stock Exchange, one of the biggest stock exchanges in the United States.

International Stock Exchanges

The most important stock exchanges in the world include:

Great depression

On October 29, 1929, the American stock market crashed on what is known as Black Tuesday. A "crash" means that the prices of stock were lowered greatly, and no one wanted to buy it. Instead, they sold the stock for cheap prices. Also, banks were trying to buy stock with people's money (stored inside the bank), so the banks ran out of money too. Because people could not get money back from banks, only a few people could afford the cost of living. This was the start of the Great Depression.

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  • New York Stock Exchange New York City, May 2014 - 048

    The New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street in New York City, the world's largest stock exchange per total market capitalization of its listed companies

  • Prologue Hammurabi Code Louvre AO10237

    Among many other things, the Code of Hammurabi recorded interest-bearing loans.

  • Engraving depicting the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, built by Hendrik de Keyser c. 1612

    A 17th-century engraving depicting the Amsterdam Stock Exchange (Amsterdam's old bourse, a.k.a. Beurs van Hendrick de Keyser in Dutch), built by Hendrick de Keyser (c. 1612). The Amsterdam Stock Exchange was the world's first official stock exchange when it began trading the VOC's freely transferable securities (including bonds and shares of stock).

  • Emanuel de Witte - De binnenplaats van de beurs te Amsterdam

    Courtyard of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange (Beurs van Hendrick de Keyser) by Emanuel de Witte, 1653. The Amsterdam Stock Exchange is said to have been the first stock exchange to introduce continuous trade in the early 17th century.

  • Microcosm of London Plate 075 - New Stock Exchange (tone)

    London Stock Exchange in 1810

  • NYSE

    The floor of the New York Stock Exchange

  • Indonesia Stock Exchange

    Indonesian Stock Exchange (Bursa Efek Indonesia) building in Jakarta is considered one of the oldest in Asia.

  • Bursa Malaysia

    The offices of Bursa Malaysia, Malaysia's national stock exchange (known before demutualization as Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange)

  • Buenos Aires - Bolsa de Comercio

    Buenos Aires Stock Exchange


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