Stock Market History
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It is always a good idea to know more
about the business that you are dealing in,
which is why learning about the stock market
history is definitely a good idea.
Let us look at how the stock
market reached its present day form from where
it originally started. This will also give you
an idea about the way it became more and more
specialized present itself in its current day
form to the investors today.
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The Beginning
If we go back in the stock market history, to the
1800s, right back to the industrial revolution, this is where
the concept of stock market was placed forward. The people who
wanted to form companies or expand at that point of time often
faced financial restrictions. This id when they began inviting
people to buy shares of the company, making the share holders
partial owners in the company.
It is here that the people who paid for the shares
actually became the share holders and came to be termed as the
investors. And the process didn!|t stop there. The people who
had invested in the companies and were partial owners of the
companies decided that selling their shares at a higher price
(or reselling) can actually show them profits!
The NYSE or the New York Stock Exchange
This is how the concept of the speculative stock
market came into being. Not only did the investors realize that
there was much that they could do with the trade that they had
started, but they decided to involve NYSE as well.
Even though the NYSE was formed much before this
concept came into practice, in 1792, and traded primarily with
securities, it soon became the hub of all the biggest economic
transactions in the country, and soon in the whole world! The
NYSE was originally started by 24 New York merchants.
The Topsy-Turvy Ride
The stock market history had its share of misfortunes
as well. Even though the stocks soon became very popular
amongst the investors, and started seeing millions being traded
through it, it received the first blow in the year 1929, during
the great depression in the US. This left investors nowhere who
were not really knowledgeable and regarded the stocks as just
tools for making money. The effect lasted till 1954!
With this came a number of rules and legal terms from
the government that needed strict compliance for the best
results with the investments people made and to minimize the
risks one could face. Looking back at the stock market history,
we see a good deal of risks involved, which of course can be
prevented with better awareness and expert research!

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