History of the NYSE

History of the NYSE
By: Randy G. Hutchings

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This article hopes to give you the knowledge you need, to feel that you have a firm grasp on the subject.

The old pelt building at 11 divider Street, NY, NY. regularly inspires awe and whispered voices. It is the home of the New York Stock Exchange, the prime stock trade in the world (by cash volume) Futures, and fortunes are made and perplexed here, but how did it get here in the first place?

It all ongoing in 1792, when 24 stockbrokers signed an guarantee called the, "Button lumber agreement", remote number 68 divider Street.

Wall Street, in the south of Manhattan, was named after the edge the Dutch Settlers built to keep the English settlers and Native Americans out, and themselves in. Why switch wood? In the newly formed country of the United States of America, most investments were in land. Merchants and brokers regularly traded in brunette houses, if not on the lane remote those brunette houses. At that time, in the south of Manhattan, there was a massive button lumber tree, (or American Sycamore, as it is more commonly known) remote one of those brunette houses and under which traders and speculators worn to met and trade informally. The guarantee that began the New York Stock Exchange, was signed under that switch lumber tree.

If you feel that you havent learned anything new thus far, there is a whole new realm of information in the rest of this article.

The guarantee was only two sentences long, and was mainly a guarantee to only trade with each other and abide by a .25% commission. At that time the only securities to be traded were government bonds and layer stocks. The first stock traded and scheduled on the New York Stock trade was the group of New York, New York City’s first chartered bank.

On advance 8th, 1817 the Buttonwood harmony was formalized and a charter drawn up. They group renamed themselves, "The New York Stock and trade Board". The exchanges first leader was Anthony Stockholm. At this time there were 30 stocks traded on the NYSE. The leader of the trade would call out the names of the stocks individually, and the brokers would screech their bids from their assigned chairs. That is why we say people have a "Seat on the exchange". This practice prolonged until about 1871. Seats on the New York Stock trade are leased or sold by the recent owners and not by the trade itself. In 1817 a seat would charge about 25 USD. In Dec 2005, one seat went for 4 million Dollars. That's one dear chair! The number of seats on the New York Stock trade has enlarged steadily throughout the years. In 1868 there were only 533 seats.

1817 was also the year the NYSE found its first home indoors, in a borrowed room at Number 40 divider Street.

In 1863, the name was shortened to, "The New York Stock Exchange" Two being later, on June 1865; the famed switch lumber tree was felled during a storm.

Membership on the NYSE has been very expensive since 1868. There are now 1366 seats on the exchange.

The first ticker was installed in 1867.

The first telephones were put in in 1878.

In 1883, the NYSE got its first electric lights.

The electronic displays boards so regularly seen were first put up in 1966.

To many of us it seems the New York Stock trade runs like clock work and is seldom closed. There are two notable closings of the exchange. The trade closed pithily just after the start of World War One, but reopened in Nov of the same year. It also closed just after the Sept 11th attacks on the New York City’s World Trade Center. It reopened on Sept 17th, 2001.

On Feb 18th, 1971, the NYSE, INC was first incorporated as a not-for-profit Corporation.

The New York stock trade is about to change again. In 2005 it decisive to acquire its rival Archipelago and become a for-profit, freely traded company. Instead of promotion seats on the exchange, the NYSE will now wholesale one year licenses to trade on the exchange. There are now over 2700 stocks on the NYSE, counting 453 from 47 different countries.

Whatever changes are forward for the New York Stock Exchange, some things appear certain. That the old pelt building on 11 divider Street will continue to inspire awe is one of them.

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