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New York Stock Exchange
NYC NYSE.jpg
Type Stock exchange
Location New York City, New York, United States
Owner NYSE Euronext
Key people Duncan L. Niederauer (CEO)
Currency United States dollar
No. of listings 2,773
MarketCap US$28.5 trillion (May 2008)
Volume US$22 trillion (2006)
Indexes NYSE Composite
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Website www.nyse.com
New York Stock Exchange
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Front Elevation of New York Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange is located in New York
Coordinates: 40°42′24.6″N 74°0′39.7″W / 40.706833°N 74.011028°W / 40.706833; -74.011028Coordinates: 40°42′24.6″N 74°0′39.7″W / 40.706833°N 74.011028°W / 40.706833; -74.011028
Built/Founded: 1903
Architect: Trowbridge & Livingston; George B. Post
Architectural style(s): Classical Revival
Governing body: Private
Added to NRHP: June 2, 1978[1]
Designated NHL: June 2, 1978[2]
NRHP Reference#: 78001877
.The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is a stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street in lower Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.^ Hotel is centrally located in lower Manhattan.
  • New York Stock Exchange - New York, NY, New York hotels 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.qwikcast.com [Source type: General]

 ^ We have listed out the hotels below that are located near New York Stock Exchange.
  • New York Stock Exchange - New York, NY, New York hotels 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.qwikcast.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Ever since its establishment in 1792, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) had endured antipathy.
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .It is the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$28.5 trillion as of May 2008[3].^ Stock Market pullback appears to be with us.
  • stock market report- market summary and history archives 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC www.market-barometer.com [Source type: News]

 ^ This is when the "2008 Stock Market Crash" ended.

 ^ Additionally, if exit strategies proceed as planned, all U.S. and U.K. asset markets may suffer from the absence of the near $2 trillion of government checks written in 2009.
  • Stock Market Blogs Today: Stock News, Opinions, and Advice from Bulls and Bears - Home 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC www.stockmarketblogstoday.com [Source type: General]
.The NYSE is operated by NYSE Euronext, which was formed by the NYSE's 2007 merger with the fully electronic stock exchange Euronext.^ The NYSE is operated by NYSE Euronext, which was formed by the NYSE's merger with the fully electronic stock exchange Euronext.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) authors appropriated the term "free and open market" from the economist Henry C. Emery.
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the "Big Board", is a stock exchange based in New York City.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 .The NYSE trading floor is located at 11 Wall Street and is composed of four rooms used for the facilitation of trading.^ The New York Stock Exchange trading floor is located at 11 Wall Street, and is composed of four rooms used for the facilitation of trading.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ On September 16, 1920, a bomb exploded on Wall Street outside the NYSE building, killing 33 people and injuring more than 400.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The most infamous Wall Street ghost story is that of a ghosts often seen weeping sitting in the center of the trade floor.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 .A fifth trading room, located at 30 Broad Street, was closed in February 2007. The main building, located at 18 Broad Street, between the corners of Wall Street and Exchange Place, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978,[4] as was the 11 Wall Street building.^ La Quinta Inn Manhattan 2.89 miles from New York Stock Exchange Nightly Rates: ( 204.99 - 204.99 ) The La Quinta Manhattan is located on 32nd Street between Broadway and Fifth Avenue, steps away from...
  • New York Stock Exchange - New York, NY, New York hotels 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.qwikcast.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Fifth Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets (c.1846-1896) – now Peninsula Hotel • Hall & Labagh (1885) .
  • The New York City Organ Project — Organs in the Borough of Manhattan 28 January 2010 0:24 UTC www.nycago.org [Source type: General]

 ^ The ESC is located next door to the National Military Command Center (NMCC), and comprises several conference rooms that are secure against electronic eavesdropping.
  • Complete 911 Timeline: Pentagon 9 February 2010 15:49 UTC www.historycommons.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

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History

The Stock Exchange at 10-12 Broad street, in 1882
.The origin of the NYSE can be traced to May 17, 1792, when the Buttonwood Agreement was signed by 24 stock brokers outside of 68 Wall Street in New York under a buttonwood tree on Wall Street.^ NEW YORK -- Wall Street tumbled again Wednesday as investors shifted their...

 ^ Ever since its establishment in 1792, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) had endured antipathy.
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Donaldson, a former Wall Street banker, also is a former head of the New York Stock Exchange.
  • NEW YORK NEWS NEW YORK STATE NEWS NEW YORK CAPITAL ABLANY NY NEWS | HavenWorks.com/new-york capital: Albany, NY News ;-) 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC havenworks.com [Source type: News]

 .On March 8, 1817, the organization drafted a constitution and renamed itself the "New York Stock & Exchange Board". Anthony Stockholm was elected the Exchange's first president (for other presidents, see List of presidents of the New York Stock Exchange).^ We have listed out the hotels below that are located near New York Stock Exchange.
  • New York Stock Exchange - New York, NY, New York hotels 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.qwikcast.com [Source type: General]

 ^ For more, see the New York Times .
  • Democracy in America | The Economist 9 February 2010 15:49 UTC www.economist.com [Source type: General]

 ^ (New York Stock Exchange Archives); minutes, March 24, 1913, Sept.
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.The first central location of the Exchange was a room, rented in 1817 for $200 a month, located at 40 Wall Street.^ Comfort Inn Central Park West 4.82 miles from New York Stock Exchange Nightly Rates: ( 119.99 - 149.99 ) Located in the heart of Central Park West.
  • New York Stock Exchange - New York, NY, New York hotels 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.qwikcast.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Dylan Hotel 3.31 miles from New York Stock Exchange Nightly Rates: ( 200.67 - 212.10 ) Dylan Hotel, a 107-room boutique hotel, located at the former Chemists Club building at 52 East 41 S...
  • New York Stock Exchange - New York, NY, New York hotels 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.qwikcast.com [Source type: General]

 ^ In the Air Force Council conference room, located in the Pentagon basement, General John Jumper is chairing his first staff meeting as Air Force chief of staff.
  • Complete 911 Timeline: Pentagon 9 February 2010 15:49 UTC www.historycommons.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .After that location was destroyed in the Great Fire of New York (1835), the Exchange moved to a temporary headquarters.^ Desmond Tutu Center 2.51 miles from New York Stock Exchange Nightly Rates: ( 145.00 - 145.00 ) The Desmond Tutu Center is located on the campus of The General Theological Seminary in the center o...
  • New York Stock Exchange - New York, NY, New York hotels 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.qwikcast.com [Source type: General]

 ^ In the wake of the Pujo investigation, the governors and publicists of the New York Stock Exchange developed a new institutional identity to present to voters, politicians, critics, and potential allies.
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Rockville Centre Inn 18.83 miles from New York Stock Exchange Nightly Rates: ( 149.00 - 149.00 ) The Rockville Centre Inn is located in the town of Rockville Centre New York on Long Islands south s...
  • New York Stock Exchange - New York, NY, New York hotels 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.qwikcast.com [Source type: General]

 .In 1863, the New York Stock & Exchange Board changed to its current name, the New York Stock Exchange.^ Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday.

 ^ For seven years Georges immersed himself in the global equity markets by heading the International Group of the New York Stock Exchange, bringing over 300 non-US companies, valued at $ 2.7 trillion, to the US market.
  • New York Stock Exchange | Company News & Executive Profiles | BNET 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: Reference]

 ^ Thompson 1.03 miles from New York Stock Exchange Nightly Rates: ( 329.00 - 1,750.00 ) Manhattan*s new luxurious 100-room boutique hotel, 60 Thompson.
  • New York Stock Exchange - New York, NY, New York hotels 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.qwikcast.com [Source type: General]

 .In 1865, the Exchange moved to 10-12 Broad Street.^ III/40 Henry Erben (1865) – moved from previous church 369 Fifth Avenue at 35th Street (1859-1890) – orig.
  • The New York City Organ Project — Organs in the Borough of Manhattan 28 January 2010 0:24 UTC www.nycago.org [Source type: General]

 ^ Jason R. Westerfield, Wall Street of Fact and Fiction (New York, [1924–1929]), 6; Jason R. Westerfield, The Stock Exchange in Relation to the Public (New York, 1924), 12; Jason R. Westerfield, Speculation (New York, [1924–1929]), 10; Halsey to Presidents of Universities and Colleges, Oct.
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.The volume of stocks traded increased sixfold in the years between 1896 and 1901, and a larger space was required to conduct business in the expanding marketplace.^ Ive traded stocks for almost twenty years now.
  • The Stock Market is for suckers…. « blog maverick 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC blogmaverick.com [Source type: General]

 ^ There were two main reasons why I would avoid trading short at that moment: a) no high volume during the up-move and b) no increase in volatility.

 ^ Computerization has also been enhanced, and with increasing trading volumes electronic trading has become feasible.
  • An MBendi Profile: Nairobi Stock Exchange - Overview 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.mbendi.com [Source type: News]

 [7] .Eight New York City architects were invited to participate in a design competition for a new building; ultimately, the Exchange selected the neoclassic design submitted by architect George B. Post.^ For seven years Georges immersed himself in the global equity markets by heading the International Group of the New York Stock Exchange, bringing over 300 non-US companies, valued at $ 2.7 trillion, to the US market.
  • New York Stock Exchange | Company News & Executive Profiles | BNET 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: Reference]

 ^ In the wake of the Pujo investigation, the governors and publicists of the New York Stock Exchange developed a new institutional identity to present to voters, politicians, critics, and potential allies.
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) authors appropriated the term "free and open market" from the economist Henry C. Emery.
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 Demolition of the Exchange building at 10 Broad Street, and adjacent buildings, started on May 10, 1901.
.The new building, located at 18 Broad Street, cost $4 million and opened on April 22, 1903. The trading floor, at 109 x 140 feet (33 x 42.5 m), was one of the largest volumes of space in the city at the time, and had a skylight set into a 72-foot (22 m)-high ceiling.^ In 1991, the NSE was registered under the Companies Act and phased out the "Call Over" trading system in favour of the floor-based "Open Outcry System".
  • An MBendi Profile: Nairobi Stock Exchange - Overview 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.mbendi.com [Source type: News]

 ^ First one is that during the past week, the S&P 500 index up-move was supported on high volume.

 ^ The S&P 500 index daily volume on January 7, 2010 is one of the highest volumes since November 2, 2009 (the only higher daily volume was noted on December 4, 17 and 18, 2009).

 .The main façade of the building features six tall Corinthian capitals, topped by a marble sculpture by John Quincy Adams Ward, called “Integrity Protecting the Works of Man”.^ February 2010 NATO's top commander is praising Afghan security forces for stopping an insurgent attack on a number of key buildings in the Afghan capital.
  • Department of Defense New Media - Top Stories 9 February 2010 15:49 UTC www.dodvclips.mil [Source type: News]

 ^ Ask him to call off his lawyers and stop this destruction of our economy we worked hard to build-- townhall@algore2000.com.
  • Stock Market Game - smartstocks.com 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC www.smartstocks.com [Source type: General]

 The building was listed as a National Historic Landmark and added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 2, 1978.[8]
.In 1922, a building for offices, designed by Trowbridge & Livingston, was added at 11 Broad Street, as well as a new trading floor called the Garage.^ The most infamous Wall Street ghost story is that of a ghosts often seen weeping sitting in the center of the trade floor.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Jester had been in his office on the fourth floor of the Pentagon when he learned of the attacks in New York (see Shortly After 9:03 a.m.
  • Complete 911 Timeline: Pentagon 9 February 2010 15:49 UTC www.historycommons.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Army Major Craig Collier and his colleagues are in their office on the second floor of the Pentagon’s C Ring, about 200 feet from where the building is hit.
  • Complete 911 Timeline: Pentagon 9 February 2010 15:49 UTC www.historycommons.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .Additional trading floor space was added in 1969 the Blue Room, and in 1988 the EBR or Extended Blue Room, with the latest technology for information display and communication.^ Bullish start for 2009 as stocks ramp up 3.5 percent with a full trading floor of investors return from holiday next week- see if this latest bullishness lasts.
  • stock market report- market summary and history archives 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC www.market-barometer.com [Source type: News]

 ^ The New York Stock Exchange trading floor is located at 11 Wall Street, and is composed of four rooms used for the facilitation of trading.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Emerging Trends in Computer Science , Communication and Information Technology .
  • Internet Conferences, Conventions, Trade Shows and Meetings 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.allconferences.com [Source type: News]

 .Yet another trading floor was opened at 30 Broad Street called the Bond Room in 2000. As the NYSE introduced its hybrid market, a greater proportion of trading came to be executed electronically, and due to the resulting reduction in demand for trading floor space, the NYSE decided to close the 30 Broad Street trading room in early 2006. As the adoption of electronic trading continued to reduce the number of traders and employees on the floor, in late 2007, the NYSE closed the rooms created by the 1969 and 1988 expansions.^ A fifth trading room, located at 30 Broad Street, was closed in February 2007.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ In 1991, the NSE was registered under the Companies Act and phased out the "Call Over" trading system in favour of the floor-based "Open Outcry System".
  • An MBendi Profile: Nairobi Stock Exchange - Overview 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.mbendi.com [Source type: News]

 ^ New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) authors appropriated the term "free and open market" from the economist Henry C. Emery.
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
The Stock Exchange Luncheon Club was situated on the seventh floor from 1898 until its closure in 2006. [9]
The floor of the New York Stock Exchange in 1908
.The NYSE announced its plans to acquire Archipelago on April 21, 2005, in a deal intended to reorganize the NYSE as a publicly traded company.^ He guided the company's 2005 acquisition of National Properties Corporation, a publicly traded company with a portfolio of high quality single-tenant properties.
  • New York Stock Exchange | Company News & Executive Profiles | BNET 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: Reference]

 ^ Sacramento-area publicly traded companies took a hit Wednesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 514 points.

 ^ The NYSE incorporated and offered shares publicly in 2005 and spun off its self-regulatory function in 2007.
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .NYSE's governing board voted to acquire rival Archipelago on December 6, 2005, and become a for-profit, public company.^ Presentation: New York Public Library's Science, Industry and Business Library, December 13, 2007 "Kudlow & Company," CNBC , Larry Kudlow, December 12, 2007.

 ^ Exchange authors maintained that when insurance companies, banks, or individuals used NYSE brokers, "the public" directed how "new capital shall be applied to new undertakings."
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Tandem Capital provided growth capital, primarily mezzanine debt, to small public companies and was acquired by Finova Capital in 1999.
  • New York Stock Exchange | Company News & Executive Profiles | BNET 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: Reference]

 .It began trading under the name NYSE Group on March 8, 2006. A little over one year later, on April 4, 2007, the NYSE Group completed its merger with Euronext, the European combined stock market, thus forming the NYSE Euronext, the first transatlantic stock exchange.^ U.S. stock market slips in trade Thursday .
  • stock market report- market summary and history archives 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC www.market-barometer.com [Source type: News]

 ^ The NYSE is operated by NYSE Euronext, which was formed by the NYSE's merger with the fully electronic stock exchange Euronext.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ It ranks fourth in the world in terms of company listings with 3,200 companies, behind the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) of India, London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. As of December 31, 2006, the combined capitalization of all New York Stock Exchange listed companies was $25.0 trillion.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]
.Presently, Marsh Carter is Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, having succeeded John S. Reed and the CEO is Duncan Niederauer, having succeeded John Thain.^ The New York Stock Exchange ten years after the crash .
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday.

 ^ For seven years Georges immersed himself in the global equity markets by heading the International Group of the New York Stock Exchange, bringing over 300 non-US companies, valued at $ 2.7 trillion, to the US market.
  • New York Stock Exchange | Company News & Executive Profiles | BNET 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: Reference]

Events

See also: Black Monday (1987), October ,27, 1997 mini-crash, and Friday the 13th mini-crash
.The exchange was closed shortly after the beginning of World War I (July 31, 1914), but it partially re-opened on November 28 of that year in order to help the war effort by trading bonds, and completely reopened for stock trading in mid-December.^ It ranks fourth in the world in terms of company listings with 3,200 companies, behind the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) of India, London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. As of December 31, 2006, the combined capitalization of all New York Stock Exchange listed companies was $25.0 trillion.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Ive traded stocks for almost twenty years now.
  • The Stock Market is for suckers…. « blog maverick 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC blogmaverick.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Especially what makes me worry is Friday’s trading – on August 28, 2009 we had strong positive opening and then similarly strong decline.
.On September 16, 1920, a bomb exploded on Wall Street outside the NYSE building, killing 33 people and injuring more than 400. The perpetrators were never found.^ The perpetrators were never found.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ On September 16, 1920, a bomb exploded on Wall Street outside the NYSE building, killing 33 people and injuring more than 400.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The origin of the NYSE can be traced to May 17, 1792, when the Buttonwood Agreement was signed by 24 stock brokers outside of 68 Wall Street in New York under a buttonwood tree on Wall Street which earlier was the site of a stockade fence.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 The NYSE building and some buildings nearby, such as the JP .Morgan building, still have marks on their facades caused by the bombing.^ The NYSE building and some buildings nearby, such as the JP Morgan building, still have marks on their facades caused by the bombing.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]
.The Black Thursday crash of the Exchange on October 24, 1929, and the sell-off panic which started on Black Tuesday, October 29, are often blamed for precipitating the Great Depression of 1929.^ The Black Thursday crash of the Exchange on October 24, 1929, and the sell-off panic which started on Black Tuesday, October 29, are often blamed for precipitating the Great Depression of 1929.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ October 24-26, 2000: Military Holds Exercise Rehearsing Response to a Plane Crash at the Pentagon .

 ^ The sell-offs tend to be overdone because, as they gain momentum, they lead to panics."

 In an effort to try to restore investor confidence, the Exchange unveiled a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public on October 31, 1938.
.On October 1, 1934, the exchange was registered as a national securities exchange with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, with a president and a thirty-three member board.^ On October 1, 1934, the exchange was registered as a national securities exchange with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, with a president and a thirty-three member board.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The stock exchange became a "self-regulatory organization" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ The caricatures reflect the way those who owned seats on the nation's leading securities exchange understood their work.
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .On February 18, 1971 the non-profit corporation was formed, and the number of board members was reduced to twenty-five.^ On February 18, 1971 the non-profit corporation was formed, and the number of board members was reduced to twenty-five.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ You could easily write into the Articles of Incorporation the maximum number of shares that will be issued and a guaranteed dividend that will be paid as long as the corporation is profitable.
  • The Stock Market is for suckers…. « blog maverick 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC blogmaverick.com [Source type: General]

 ^ He holds a board of director position at Channel M, The Harbor Bank of Connecticut and The Guardian Angels (a non-for- profit charitable organization).
  • New York Stock Exchange | Company News & Executive Profiles | BNET 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: Reference]
.One of Abbie Hoffman's well-known protests took place on August 24, 1967, when he led members of the Yippie movement to the gallery of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).^ The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the "Big Board", is a stock exchange based in New York City.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The New York Stock Exchange ten years after the crash .
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ On the afternoon of December 30, 1899, the members of the New York Stock Exchange assembled.
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 .The protesters threw fistfuls of dollars (most of the bills were fake) down to the traders below, some of whom booed, while others began to scramble frantically to grab the money as fast as they could[citation needed].^ At the same time a trader who invest a $1,000 into a trade and who has $100K on the account could be ready to lose all 100% of the invested money (all $1,000).

 ^ Now, any stock associated with technology--and most other industries--is down.
  • Stock Market Game - smartstocks.com 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC www.smartstocks.com [Source type: General]

 ^ I think at the minimum people should have some general understanding of business before they start pouring their money into stocks.
  • The Stock Market is for suckers…. « blog maverick 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC blogmaverick.com [Source type: General]

 .Hoffman claimed to be pointing out that, metaphorically, that's what NYSE traders "were already doing."^ Also to point out that Toledo Blade car guy can't possibly have achieved what he claims with any form of IC engine, because this isn't a matter of more electronics, as he claims, it's a matter of physics.

 ."We didn't call the press," wrote Hoffman, "at that time we really had no notion of anything called a media event."^ I didn't realize that Anonymous was no longer anonymous.
  • Daily Kos: Pentagon: Bush's 'hypocrisy' lost us hearts and minds 9 February 2010 15:49 UTC www.dailykos.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ In the end….I suppose I really didn’t prove anything….Still, I tried….
  • The Stock Market is for suckers…. « blog maverick 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC blogmaverick.com [Source type: General]

 .The press was quick to respond and by evening the event was reported around the world.^ In response to this erroneous report, the significant event conference is ended at around 9:34.
  • Complete 911 Timeline: Pentagon 9 February 2010 15:49 UTC www.historycommons.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ The center is tasked with constantly monitoring global current events and also monitoring the latest status of all US Naval assets around the world.
  • Complete 911 Timeline: Pentagon 9 February 2010 15:49 UTC www.historycommons.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ The Report may have even had Rumsfeld's blessing, it's not like they don't know that most of the world knows they're assholes is it?
  • Daily Kos: Pentagon: Bush's 'hypocrisy' lost us hearts and minds 9 February 2010 15:49 UTC www.dailykos.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Since that incident, the stock exchange has spent $20,000 to enclose the gallery with bulletproof glass.^ Estimated amount the U.S. military has spent since 1994 to replace service members discharged for being gay : $364,000,000 .
  • U.S. Department of Defense (Harper's Magazine) 9 February 2010 15:49 UTC harpers.org [Source type: General]

 ^ New York Stock Exchange and Vice Chairman of Transatlantic Securities Company since 1988.
  • New York Stock Exchange | Company News & Executive Profiles | BNET 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: Reference]

 ^ W Hoboken 2.20 miles from New York Stock Exchange Nightly Rates: ( 302.17 - 312.17 ) W Takes Hoboken - Take in everything from W Hoboken, an iconic landmark on the waterfront where magn...
  • New York Stock Exchange - New York, NY, New York hotels 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.qwikcast.com [Source type: General]
NYSE's stock exchange traders floor before the introduction of electronic readouts and computer screens
.On October 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped 508 points, a 22.6% loss in a single day, the second-biggest one-day drop the exchange had experienced, prompting officials at the exchange to invoke for the first time the "circuit breaker" rule to halt all trading.^ Dow drops 515 points .

 ^ On October 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped 508 points, a 22.6% loss in a single day, the biggest one-day drop the exchange had yet experienced, prompting officials at the exchange to invoke for the first time the "circuit breaker" rule to halt all trading.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The Dow Jones Industrials plunged 514 points to finish the day at 85-19.

 .This was a very controversial move and led to a quick change in the rule; trading now halts for an hour, two hours, or the rest of the day when the DJIA drops 10, 20, or 30 percent, respectively.^ In the afternoon, the 10% and 20% drops will halt trading for a shorter period of time, but a 30% drop will always close the exchange for the day.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ This was a very controversial move and led to a quick change in the rule; trading now halts for an hour, two hours, or the rest of the day when the DJIA drops 10, 20, or 30 percent, respectively.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ On October 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped 508 points, a 22.6% loss in a single day, the biggest one-day drop the exchange had yet experienced, prompting officials at the exchange to invoke for the first time the "circuit breaker" rule to halt all trading.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 .In the afternoon, the 10% and 20% drops will halt trading for a shorter period of time, but a 30% drop will always close the exchange for the day.^ In the afternoon, the 10% and 20% drops will halt trading for a shorter period of time, but a 30% drop will always close the exchange for the day.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ On October 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped 508 points, a 22.6% loss in a single day, the biggest one-day drop the exchange had yet experienced, prompting officials at the exchange to invoke for the first time the "circuit breaker" rule to halt all trading.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ This was a very controversial move and led to a quick change in the rule; trading now halts for an hour, two hours, or the rest of the day when the DJIA drops 10, 20, or 30 percent, respectively.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 .The rationale behind the trading halt was to give investors a chance to cool off and reevaluate their positions.^ The rationale behind the trading halt was to give investors a chance to cool off and reevaluate their positions.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Blue chips rise in afternoon trade Tuesday taking the rest of the market up, off the lows, but short of positive.
  • stock market report- market summary and history archives 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC www.market-barometer.com [Source type: News]

 ^ Well off the high of the session, stocks end positive as investors take last minute profits.
  • stock market report- market summary and history archives 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC www.market-barometer.com [Source type: News]

 .Black Monday was followed by Terrible Tuesday, a day in which the Exchange's systems did not perform well and some people had difficulty completing their trades.^ Black Monday was followed by Terrible Tuesday, a day in which the Exchange's systems did not perform well and some people had difficulty completing their trades.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Black Monday, October 19, sees the largest one-day DJIA percentage drop from a heart attack.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Stochastics is negative as well, yet it has been under 20 line for 2 trading sessions which would suggest some oversold condition.
.Consequently, there would be another major drop for the Dow on October 13, 1989; the Mini-Crash of 1989.^ There will be another event” comment two minutes before the first WTC crash at 8:46 a.m., when Rumsfeld reportedly makes other predictive comments.
  • Complete 911 Timeline: Pentagon 9 February 2010 15:49 UTC www.historycommons.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Nine of the 20 biggest one-day percentage drops in the Dow occurred in the month of October, the first full month of fall.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ If the DRV was not so convinced, the approach would fail unless there were a major U.S. military involvement in the war.
  • The Pentagon Papers, Gravel Edition, Volume 3, Chapter 2, "Military Pressures Against North Vietnam, February 1964-January 1965," pp. 106-268 9 February 2010 15:49 UTC www.mtholyoke.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .The crash was apparently caused by a reaction to a news story of a $6.75 billion leveraged buyout deal for UAL Corporation, the parent company of United Airlines, which broke down.^ "Mr Brauchli's departure comes just four months after the US financial newspaper and its parent company, Dow Jones, were taken over by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp in a $5bn deal."
  • NEW YORK NEWS NEW YORK STATE NEWS NEW YORK CAPITAL ABLANY NY NEWS | HavenWorks.com/new-york capital: Albany, NY News ;-) 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC havenworks.com [Source type: News]

 ^ "According to Mr. DiNapoli, the brokerage units of New York financial companies lost more than $35 billion in 2008, triple their losses in 2007."
  • NEW YORK NEWS NEW YORK STATE NEWS NEW YORK CAPITAL ABLANY NY NEWS | HavenWorks.com/new-york capital: Albany, NY News ;-) 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC havenworks.com [Source type: News]

 ^ An aircraft has crashed into the Pentagon, witnesses say.” [ Associated Press, 2001 ; Broadcasting and Cable, 8/26/2002 ] This is apparently the first news of the crash.
  • Complete 911 Timeline: Pentagon 9 February 2010 15:49 UTC www.historycommons.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .When the UAL deal fell through, it helped trigger the collapse of the junk bond market causing the Dow to fall 190.58 points, or 6.91 percent.^ Dow falls 515 points .

 ^ Dow falls 350 points .

 ^ Disappointing earnings along with cautious outlooks sent the markets tumbling to a sharply lower close with the Dow plummeting 232 points to 9034.
.Similarly, there was a panic in the financial world during the year of 1997; the Asian Financial Crisis.^ During the second Clinton term (calendar years 1997 through the end of 2000), government PR contracts averaged $32 million per year.
  • Diane Farsetta: the Pentagon's Media Contracts 9 February 2010 15:49 UTC www.counterpunch.org [Source type: General]

 .Like the fall of many foreign markets, the Dow suffered a 7.18% drop in value (554.26 points) on October 27, 1997, in what later became known as the 1997 Mini-Crash but from which the DJIA recovered quickly.^ Dow drops 515 points .

 ^ Dow does it again, drops over 500 points .

 ^ On October 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped 508 points, a 22.6% loss in a single day, the biggest one-day drop the exchange had yet experienced, prompting officials at the exchange to invoke for the first time the "circuit breaker" rule to halt all trading.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]
.On January 26, 2000, an altercation during filming of the music video for Sleep Now in the Fire, which was directed by Michael Moore, caused the doors of the exchange to be closed and the band, Rage Against the Machine, to be escorted from the site by security,[10] after band members attempted to gain entry into the exchange.^ Exchange authors posited that in the course of trading, "the combined judgment of thousands of experts" was integrated into one "scientific," or objective, price for any listed security.
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Stocks ramp up into the close Thursday with the major indexes posting a 3/4 percent gain, averaged.
  • stock market report- market summary and history archives 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC www.market-barometer.com [Source type: News]

 ^ On October 1, 1934, the exchange was registered as a national securities exchange with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, with a president and a thirty-three member board.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 [11] .Trading on the exchange floor, however, continued uninterrupted.^ Typically, they characterized trading floor activity as continuous competition that yielded consensus in the form of the executed price.
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ The New York Stock Exchange trading floor is located at 11 Wall Street, and is composed of four rooms used for the facilitation of trading.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 [12]

Trading

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Donald L. Evans rings the opening bell at the NYSE on April 23, 2003. Former chairman Jack Womack is also in this picture.
.The New York Stock Exchange (sometimes referred to as "the Big Board") provides a means for buyers and sellers to trade shares of stock in companies registered for public trading.^ The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the "Big Board", is a stock exchange based in New York City.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ "The New York-based company on Dec.
  • NEW YORK NEWS NEW YORK STATE NEWS NEW YORK CAPITAL ABLANY NY NEWS | HavenWorks.com/new-york capital: Albany, NY News ;-) 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC havenworks.com [Source type: News]

 ^ The New York Stock Exchange ten years after the crash .
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 .The NYSE is open for trading Monday through Friday between 9:30am – 4:00pm ET, with the exception of holidays declared by the Exchange in advance.^ New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) authors appropriated the term "free and open market" from the economist Henry C. Emery.
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Especially what makes me worry is Friday’s trading – on August 28, 2009 we had strong positive opening and then similarly strong decline.

 ^ Black Monday was followed by Terrible Tuesday, a day in which the Exchange's systems did not perform well and some people had difficulty completing their trades.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]
.On the trading floor, the NYSE trades in a continuous auction format, where traders can execute stock transactions on behalf of investors.^ Typically, they characterized trading floor activity as continuous competition that yielded consensus in the form of the executed price.
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ On options expiration day, investors continue to build stock portfolios up with the major indexes posting 1/3 percent gain.
  • stock market report- market summary and history archives 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC www.market-barometer.com [Source type: News]

 ^ Stocks headed higher, in the last half-hour of trade, as investors hope for a better close than yesterday.
  • stock market report- market summary and history archives 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC www.market-barometer.com [Source type: News]

 .They will gather around the appropriate post where a specialist broker, who is employed by an NYSE member firm (that is, he/she is not an employee of the New York Stock Exchange), acts as an auctioneer in an open outcry auction market environment to bring buyers and sellers together and to manage the actual auction.^ New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) authors appropriated the term "free and open market" from the economist Henry C. Emery.
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the "Big Board", is a stock exchange based in New York City.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Step 1: news enters the stock market .
  • A. O. I. Hoffmann, W. Jager and J. H. Von Eije: Social Simulation of Stock Markets 9 October 2009 21:10 UTC jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk [Source type: Academic]

 .They do on occasion (approximately 10% of the time) facilitate the trades by committing their own capital and as a matter of course disseminate information to the crowd that helps to bring buyers and sellers together.^ It trades at 8 times trailing earnings, yet today it gets knocked down 3.8%, in addition to getting blasted by over 10% last week.
  • Stock Market Game - smartstocks.com 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC www.smartstocks.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Any investments, trades, and/or speculations made in light of the ideas, opinions, and/or forecasts, expressed or implied herein, are committed at your own risk, financial or otherwise.

 ^ In the afternoon, the 10% and 20% drops will halt trading for a shorter period of time, but a 30% drop will always close the exchange for the day.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]
.As of January 24, 2007, all NYSE stocks can be traded via its electronic Hybrid Market (except for a small group of very high-priced stocks).^ The market price of stocks .
  • A. O. I. Hoffmann, W. Jager and J. H. Von Eije: Social Simulation of Stock Markets 9 October 2009 21:10 UTC jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk [Source type: Academic]

 ^ U.S. stock market slips in trade Thursday .
  • stock market report- market summary and history archives 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC www.market-barometer.com [Source type: News]

 ^ In the end that’s what the stock market is all about.
  • The Stock Market is for suckers…. « blog maverick 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC blogmaverick.com [Source type: General]

 .Customers can now send orders for immediate electronic execution, or route orders to the floor for trade in the auction market.^ Even when not all the orders are executed, they still influence the market sentiment and therefore the price level.
  • A. O. I. Hoffmann, W. Jager and J. H. Von Eije: Social Simulation of Stock Markets 9 October 2009 21:10 UTC jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk [Source type: Academic]

 ^ Typically, they characterized trading floor activity as continuous competition that yielded consensus in the form of the executed price.
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Now, we may say that starting from the middle of October 14, 2009 the market has been trading in the sideway corridor.

 .In the first three months of 2007, in excess of 82% of all order volume was delivered to the floor electronically.^ He says they are “all three on different frequencies… and [are] getting orders from a lot of different people.” [ Filson, 2003, pp.

 [13]
The NYSE trading floor in August 2008
.The right to directly trade shares on the exchange is conferred upon owners of the 1366 "seats". The term comes from the fact that up until the 1870s NYSE members sat in chairs to trade.^ And as exchange agents circulated in the 1920s, railroads and utilities sold shares directly to customers and employees, raising funds and enlarging the American shareholding class without the aid of NYSE brokerages.
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Wollman, 38, shares responsibility for overseeing the NYSE member-firm examination program.
  • New York Stock Exchange | Company News & Executive Profiles | BNET 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: Reference]

 ^ Exchange governors and members considered its archrival nothing more than a den of bucket shops, whose brokers priced their own trades according to NYSE quotations but charged their customers only half the commission.
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 In 1868, the number of seats was fixed at 533, and this number was increased several times over the years. In 1953, the exchange stopped at 1366 seats. .These seats are a sought-after commodity as they confer the ability to directly trade stock on the NYSE. Seat prices have varied widely over the years, generally falling during recessions and rising during economic expansions.^ That means they can have a big impact on the market whether they own the stock directly or through mutual funds.

 ^ Global stock markets fall as weak earnings stoke recession fears .

 ^ Ive traded stocks for almost twenty years now.
  • The Stock Market is for suckers…. « blog maverick 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC blogmaverick.com [Source type: General]

 .The most expensive inflation-adjusted seat was sold in 1929 for $625,000, which, today, would be over six million dollars.^ There are 3.6 million Joules in a kWh, which means that even that expensive facility would let you a whopping 10 kWh ...

 ^ Mind you, he made $100 million dollars in the 1929 crash.
  • The Stock Market is for suckers…. « blog maverick 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC blogmaverick.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Mr Ryan's site says the vouchers would be worth "an average of $11,000" in 2010 dollars, but that's the average for the entire 65+ population.
  • Democracy in America | The Economist 9 February 2010 15:49 UTC www.economist.com [Source type: General]

 .In recent times, seats have sold for as high as $4 million in the late 1990s and $1 million in 2001. In 2005, seat prices shot up to $3.25 million as the exchange was set to merge with Archipelago and become a for-profit, publicly traded company.^ Value stocks, also known as undervalued stocks, trade at a lower price than the company's reputation, earnings outlook, or financial situation would seem to merit.

 ^ Last time I looked, both Dow Jones and McGraw Hill are for profit companies.
  • The Stock Market is for suckers…. « blog maverick 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC blogmaverick.com [Source type: General]

 ^ These types of loans make up more than 35% of regional banks' total loans, up from 25% in 2000, she said in a recent note to investors.

 .Seat owners received $500,000 cash per seat and 77,000 shares of the newly formed corporation.^ TTM to make a Normal Course Issuer Bid to purchase up to 2,500,000 shares of the company's outstanding shares -1 Hour Ago TTM Resources Inc.

 ^ If the S&P500 dropped 10% then your shares of SPY would be worth $90 for a total of $9,000 (loss of $1,000) and your shares of SDS would be worth $120 for a total of $3,000 (gain of $500).
  • Stock Market Game - smartstocks.com 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC www.smartstocks.com [Source type: General]

 ^ TTM to make a Normal Course Issuer Bid to purchase up to 2,500,000 shares of the company's outstanding shares .

 .The NYSE now sells one-year licenses to trade directly on the exchange.^ Exchange authors posited that in the course of trading, "the combined judgment of thousands of experts" was integrated into one "scientific," or objective, price for any listed security.
  • Julia C. Ott | "The Free and Open People's Market": Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933 | The Journal of American History, 96.1 | The History Cooperative 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.historycooperative.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Ive traded stocks for almost twenty years now.
  • The Stock Market is for suckers…. « blog maverick 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC blogmaverick.com [Source type: General]

 ^ If tomorrow everyone decides to only have one child instead of 2.1 then 50 years from now over 2/3s of the population will be retirees depending on the other third to produce.

NYSE Composite Index

.In the mid-1960s, the NYSE Composite Index (NYSE: NYA) was created, with a base value of 50 points equal to the 1965 yearly close.^ Recommendations: Equally weight the U.S. to the world index (just over 50% of world value).
  • Stock Market Game - smartstocks.com 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC www.smartstocks.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Highlights at the close of Wednesday's world financial market trading: Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index - 9,236.22...

 ^ On the other hand the DJI index, NYSE Composite index and some other indexes are still in their side-way corridor.

 .This was done to reflect the value of all stocks trading at the exchange instead of just the 30 stocks included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.^ The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is coming off of a 232-point...

 ^ The Dow Jones industrial average...

 ^ On October 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped 508 points, a 22.6% loss in a single day, the biggest one-day drop the exchange had yet experienced, prompting officials at the exchange to invoke for the first time the "circuit breaker" rule to halt all trading.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 .To raise the profile of the composite index, in 2003 the NYSE set its new base value of 5,000 points equal to the 2002 yearly close.^ Recommendations: Equally weight the U.S. to the world index (just over 50% of world value).
  • Stock Market Game - smartstocks.com 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC www.smartstocks.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the "Big Board", is a stock exchange based in New York City.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

 ^ NYSE announces its merger with the American Stock Exchange; NYSE Composite closes above 10,000 on June 1; DJIA closes above 14,000 on July 19.
  • The Real Ghosts That Haunt Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange Ghost 9 January 2010 20:11 UTC www.hauntedamericatours.com [Source type: General]

Timeline

The NYSE at Christmas time (December 2008)
  • 1792 - The NYSE acquires its first traded securities [1] [2]
  • 1817 - The constitution of the New York Stock and Exchange Board is adopted [3]
  • 1867 - The First Stock Ticker [4]
  • 1896 - Dow Jones Industrial Average first published in The Wall Street Journal [5]
  • 1903 - NYSE moves into new quarters at 18 Broad Street
  • 1906 - Dow exceeds 100 on January 12
  • 1907 - Panic of 1907
  • 1914 - World War I causes the longest exchange shutdown: four months, two weeks; re-opening December 12 brings the largest one-day percentage drop in the DJIA (24.4%)
  • 1915 - Market price is given in dollars
  • 1929 - Central quote system established; Black Thursday, October 24 and Black Tuesday, October 29 signal the end of the Roaring Twenties bull market
  • 1943 - Trading floor is opened to women[14]
  • 1949 - Longest (eight-year) bull market begins [6]
  • 1954 - Dow surpasses its 1929 peak in inflation-adjusted dollars
  • 1956 - Dow closes above 500 for the first time on March 12
  • 1966 - NYSE creates the Common Stock Index; floor data fully automated lli [7]
  • 1967 - Protesters led by Abbie Hoffman throw mostly fake dollar bills at traders from gallery, leading to the installation of bullet-proof glass
  • 1970 - Securities Investor Protection Corporation established
  • 1971 - NYSE recognized as Not-for-Profit organization [8]
  • 1972 - Dow closes above 1,000 for the first time on November 14
  • 1977 - Foreign brokers are admitted to NYSE
  • 1979 - New York Futures Exchange established
  • 1982 - Longest bull market in DJIA history begins
  • 1987 - Black Monday, October 19, sees the second-largest one-day DJIA percentage drop (22.6%) in history
  • 1991 - Dow exceeds 3,000
  • 1995 - Dow exceeds 5,000
  • 1996 - Real-time ticker introduced [9]
  • 1999 - Dow exceeds 10,000 on March 29
  • 2000 - Dow peaks at 11,722.98 on January 14; first NYSE global index is launched under the ticker NYIID
.
Security after the September 11 attacks
  • 2001 - Trading in fractions (n/16) ends, replaced by decimals (increments of $.01, see Decimalisation); September 11, 2001 attacks occur, closing NYSE for 4 sessions
  • 2003 - NYSE Composite Index relaunched and value set equal to 5,000 points
  • 2006 - NYSE and ArcaEx merge, creating NYSE Arca and forming the publicly owned, for-profit NYSE Group, Inc.; in turn, NYSE Group merges with Euronext, creating the first trans-Atlantic stock exchange group; DJIA tops 12,000 on October 19
  • 2007 - US President George W. Bush shows up unannounced to the Floor about an hour and a half before a Federal Open Market Committee interest-rate decision on January 31.[15] NYSE announces its merger with the American Stock Exchange; NYSE Composite closes above 10,000 on June 1; DJIA exceeds 14,000 on July 19 and closes at a peak of 14,164.53 on October 9. This was the peak of the early-to-mid 2000s boom before the 2008-2009 bust.
  • 2008 - On September 15, the DJIA loses more than 500 points amid fears of bank failures, resulting in a permanent prohibition of naked short selling and a three-week temporary ban on all short selling of financial stocks; in spite of this, record volatility continues for the next two months, culminating at 5 1/2-year market lows.
  • 2009 - Dow closes at 6547.05 on March 9 reaching a 12 year low.^ Comment by Karachi stock market — November 20, 2008 @ 12:10 am .
    • The Stock Market is for suckers…. « blog maverick 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC blogmaverick.com [Source type: General]

     ^ In one trading session, on Thursday September 15, 2009 the stock was back in the up-trend.

     ^ Market is set to rally at the open.
    • stock market report- market summary and history archives 16 January 2010 20:55 UTC www.market-barometer.com [Source type: News]

     Returns to 10,015.86 on October 14.

See also

New York City portal

References

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  2. ^ a b "New York Stock Exchange". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-17. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1776&ResourceType=Building. 
  3. ^ http://www.nyse.com/press/1214302996534.html
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  7. ^ The Building NYSE Group history
  8. ^ National Register Number: 78001877 National Historic Landmark
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The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), also called the "Big Board," is a stock exchange in New York City. It is the biggest stock exchange in the United States by the amount of money and the second biggest stock exchange by the number of companies listed.

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