"that the tax was illegal, and the PHLX moved its trading floor back to its headquarters in the city. In 1981, the exchange moved to 19th and Market, where it stayed until 2017 when it moved to its current location in the newly built FMC Tower. The exchange merged with the Baltimore Stock Exchange in 1949. The exchange was then named the Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange. The Baltimore Stock Exchange then migrated out of its Baltimore Stock Exchange Building, later renamed the Totman Building, to a new home base in Philadelphia. The exchange merged with the Washington Stock Exchange in 1954."
"The first stockbroking began in Rome, where the first recorded buying and selling of shares occurred in the 2nd century BCE. After Rome fell, stockbroking did not become a realistic career until after the Renaissance, when government bonds traded in Italian city-states such as Genoa or Venice. New stock exchanges opened their doors in the 16th and 17th centuries, including the London Stock Exchange, which was opened at a coffee shop in 1698. In the 1800s, in the United States, the New York Stock Exchange opened its doors under a buttonwood tree in New York City. 24 stockbrokers signed the"
"Stockyards Exchange The Stockyards Exchange is a building in South St. Paul, Minnesota, United States, built in 1887 by the recently formed Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha. The building housed businesses associated with the nearby stockyards, which later became the largest stockyards in the United States. It also housed a post office, city offices, and the city's first bank, Stockyards National Bank. The stockyards were organized in 1886 by Alpheus Beede Stickney, who was the president of the Chicago Great Western Railway. The stockyards attracted four major meatpacking plants, including Swift & Company in 1897 and Armour and Company"
"Exchange, the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange, and others for Detroit, St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. On August 7, the Baltimore Stock Exchange forwarded an urgent request to the Committee of Five, a government group overseeing the matter, to reopen the exchange. Three members of the exchange, along with two members of the Chicago Stock Exchange, appeared before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Sixty-fifth Congress in 1918, to ""most earnestly"" protest the proposed tax on stockbrokers, which would be ""based upon the value of seats on the respective stock exchanges and a percentage of the"
"with plans to re-open trading at an unknown time. National Stock Exchange was founded March 1885 in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the Cincinnati Stock Exchange. In 1976, it closed its physical trading floor and became an all-electronic stock market. The Cincinnati Stock Exchange moved its headquarters to Chicago in 1995, and changed its name to the National Stock Exchange – NSX – on November 7, 2003. Owned by its members since inception, it demutualized in 2006. It later moved its headquarters to Jersey City, New Jersey. In September 2011, CBOE Stock Exchange (CBSX) entered into an agreement to acquire the National"
"Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York The Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York, also known as the ""New York Consolidated Stock Exchange"" or ""Consolidated"", was a stock exchange in New York City, New York in direct competition to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) from 1885–1926. It was formed from the merger of other smaller exchanges, and was referred to in the industry and press as the ""Little Board."" By its official formation in 1885, its membership of 2403 was considered the second largest membership of any exchange in the United States. The New York Mining Stock Exchange opened for"
"The Bank of North America along with the First Bank of the United States and the Bank of New York were the first shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange. In 1817 the stockbrokers of New York operating under the Buttonwood Agreement instituted new reforms and reorganized. After sending a delegation to Philadelphia to observe the organization of their board of brokers, restrictions on manipulative trading were adopted as well as formal organs of governance. After re-forming as the New York Stock and Exchange Board the broker organization began renting out space exclusively for securities trading, which previously had"
"The other, associated with the New York Mercantile Exchange, traded from March 7, 1962 to January 31, 1975. National Stock Exchange (Jersey City, New Jersey) The National Stock Exchange (NSX) is an electronic stock exchange based in Jersey City, New Jersey. It was founded March 1885 in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the Cincinnati Stock Exchange. In 1995 it moved headquarters to Chicago, Illinois, and it was renamed the National Stock Exchange in 2003. After demutualizing in 2006, it moved headquarters to Jersey City. In 2011, CBOE Stock Exchange acquired the National Stock Exchange, with both exchanges operating under separate names. The"
"New Orleans Stock Exchange The New Orleans Stock Exchange, or the New-Orleans Stock Exchange, was a regional stock exchange based in New Orleans, Louisiana. As early as 1880, the exchange's sales of stock reached a reported total of $7,891,300. The exchange moved into a new building in 1906, described as the most expensive and artistic structure of its size in the city. At the time, membership was limited to seventy members, with 61 ""visiting members."" In 1959, the exchange board voted to merge with the Midwest Stock Exchange in Chicago. In 1880, the exchange's sales of stock reached a reported"
"and commodities exchanges. The firm's global headquarters were located in the Downtown West area of St. Louis, Missouri. The company traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol AGE. The company was founded in 1887 when Albert Gallatin Edwards and his son opened for business in St. Louis. It was the first St. Louis brokerage to handle transactions on the New York Stock Exchange, buying a seat on the NYSE in 1898. Due to increased capital needs for its branch system, A.G. Edwards was among the first brokerage firms to go public. On November 1971, 445,000 shares of stock were"
"exchange established in 1864, which merged with the NYSE in 1869. After the Open Board joined the Consolidated Exchange, Open Board members specializing in unlisted stocks were left without ""a roof over their heads and took to meeting casually in the course of the day in convenient lobbies in the [financial] district."" The brokers were ousted by a number of buildings as their numbers grew, until they ended up in front of the Mills Building entrance on Broad Street. The curb market moved to Broad Street near Exchange Place in the 1890s. Around 1895, leading curb-broker Emanuel S. Mendels began"
"Boston Stock Exchange The Boston Stock Exchange (now NASDAQ OMX BX, formerly ""BSE"") is a regional stock exchange located in Boston, Massachusetts. The third-oldest stock exchange in the United States, it was founded in 1834. On October 2, 2007, NASDAQ agreed to acquire BSE for $61 million. The Boston Stock Exchange was founded in 1834. In 2002, the BSE co-founded with the Montreal Exchange (MX), a derivatives exchange and Interactive Brokers, a discount brokerage, the Boston Options Exchange (BOX), an automated equity options exchange. In 2007, controlling interest in the BOX was sold to MX by BSE and IB. In"
"Los Angeles Stock Exchange The Los Angeles Oil Exchange was a regional stock exchange in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1899, in 1900 the name was changed to the Los Angeles Stock Exchange. In 1956, it merged into the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange. The Los Angeles Oil Exchange was organized in 1899 by a group of oil company owners, including Wallace Hardison. The Exchange’s first trading session was on February 1, 1900. In December 1900 the name was changed to the Los Angeles Stock Exchange. The Exchange absorbed the California Oil Exchange in September 1900 and the Los Angeles Nevada"
"clearing-by-mail plan."" Among the companies on the New Orleans exchange at the time were the department store D. H. Holmes, Standard Fruit, New Orleans Public Service, Gulf States Utilities, and others. New Orleans Stock Exchange The New Orleans Stock Exchange, or the New-Orleans Stock Exchange, was a regional stock exchange based in New Orleans, Louisiana. As early as 1880, the exchange's sales of stock reached a reported total of $7,891,300. The exchange moved into a new building in 1906, described as the most expensive and artistic structure of its size in the city. At the time, membership was limited to"
"a private developer, who was unable to raise the money to finish the renovation as scheduled. A couple opened the building in 1998 as the Castle Hotel, but it was only open a year. The building now houses a restaurant and nightclub. Stockyards Exchange The Stockyards Exchange is a building in South St. Paul, Minnesota, United States, built in 1887 by the recently formed Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha. The building housed businesses associated with the nearby stockyards, which later became the largest stockyards in the United States. It also housed a post office, city offices, and the city's"
"Minneapolis-St. Paul Stock Exchange The Minneapolis-St. Paul Stock Exchange was a regional stock exchange based in Minnesota, United States. It opened for business in 1929, and merged with the Chicago Stock Exchange in 1949. The new Minneapolis-St. Paul Stock Exchange opened for business in January 1929 for securities. A new president was elected to head the Minneapolis Exchange in January 1939. Donald H. Brown, then secretary of the Wells-Dickey Company, took the position. In one day in the middle of April 1942, the Minneapolis-St. Paul Stock Exchange, then exempted from registration with the SEC, did $121,935 of stock business, ""bigger"
"Washington Stock Exchange The Washington Stock Exchange was a regional stock exchange based in Washington, D.C.. Active as early as the 1880s, on July 21, 1953, members of the Washington Stock Exchange board unanimously voted to merge with the Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange. The merge occurred in 1954, creating the Philadelphia-Baltimore-Washington Stock Exchange. The exchange was active in Washington, D.C. as of October 24, 1884. It was a tenant of the Washington Building at 15th and New York NW. On July 31, 1914, after the closing of the NYSE, the Washington Stock Exchange, ""which deals mainly in local securities, followed the"
"National Stock Exchange (Jersey City, New Jersey) The National Stock Exchange (NSX) is an electronic stock exchange based in Jersey City, New Jersey. It was founded March 1885 in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the Cincinnati Stock Exchange. In 1995 it moved headquarters to Chicago, Illinois, and it was renamed the National Stock Exchange in 2003. After demutualizing in 2006, it moved headquarters to Jersey City. In 2011, CBOE Stock Exchange acquired the National Stock Exchange, with both exchanges operating under separate names. The NSX ceased trading operations on February 1, 2017, when it was acquired by the New York Stock Exchange,"
"Locust Street. The first meeting was held at its rooms at that location on December 2, 1880. on which day the exchange also opened for business at 11 am. Founding officers and directors included James Baker, Thomas Richeson, G. W. Chadbourne, Charles F. Orthwein, J. W. Paramore, John W. Noble, David R. Francis, and W. R. Allen. Between 1885 and 1890, there was a high level of investment in mining shares, and mining business did well in St. Louis. It was organized under the laws of Missouri with all stock owned by men of St. Louis. With James Baker as"
"violation of the exchange constitution. For the May 10, 1926 Board of Governors elections, thirteen members were named to be voted on, all repeating their positions except Huntington Lyman nominated to replace William A. Greer. Pre-consolidation presidents: Consolidated presidents: Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York The Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York, also known as the ""New York Consolidated Stock Exchange"" or ""Consolidated"", was a stock exchange in New York City, New York in direct competition to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) from 1885–1926. It was formed from the merger of other smaller exchanges, and was referred to in"
"than six of the registered Exchanges."" The Midwest Stock Exchange was formed in 1949, with the merger of the Minneapolis/St. Paul exchange and the Chicago Stock Exchange, the Cleveland Stock Exchange, and the St. Louis Stock Exchange. Minneapolis-St. Paul Stock Exchange The Minneapolis-St. Paul Stock Exchange was a regional stock exchange based in Minnesota, United States. It opened for business in 1929, and merged with the Chicago Stock Exchange in 1949. The new Minneapolis-St. Paul Stock Exchange opened for business in January 1929 for securities. A new president was elected to head the Minneapolis Exchange in January 1939. Donald H."
"2007, NASDAQ acquired the BSE. Boston Stock Exchange The Boston Stock Exchange (now NASDAQ OMX BX, formerly ""BSE"") is a regional stock exchange located in Boston, Massachusetts. The third-oldest stock exchange in the United States, it was founded in 1834. On October 2, 2007, NASDAQ agreed to acquire BSE for $61 million. The Boston Stock Exchange was founded in 1834. In 2002, the BSE co-founded with the Montreal Exchange (MX), a derivatives exchange and Interactive Brokers, a discount brokerage, the Boston Options Exchange (BOX), an automated equity options exchange. In 2007, controlling interest in the BOX was sold to MX"
"Anthony Stockholm Anthony Stockholm was the first president of the New York Stock Exchange from 1817 to 1818. 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. On March 8, 1817, the organization drafted a constitution and renamed itself the ""New York Stock & Exchange Board"" (this name was shortened to its current form in 1863). Anthony Stockholm was elected the Exchange's first"
"to concentrate the trading on one large exchange."" In September 1949, the St. Louis Stock Exchange was acquired by the Chicago Stock Exchange, and renamed the Midwest Stock Exchange. St. Louis Stock Exchange The St. Louis Stock Exchange was a regional stock exchange located in St. Louis, Missouri. Opened in 1899, in September 1949, the St. Louis Stock Exchange was acquired by the Chicago Stock Exchange, and renamed the Midwest Stock Exchange. The St. Louis Stock Exchange opened in 1899. Trade volume peaked a year later with $44 million. In April 1902, St. Louis Stock Exchange president Alfred H. Bauer"
"Exchange, the largest stock exchange in the world. The Tontine itself was transformed into a tavern by a John Morse in 1826, and a hotel by Lovejoy & Belcher in 1832. It survived the Great Fire of 1835 and was demolished 20 years later. Tontine Coffee House The Tontine Coffee House was a New York City coffee house established in early 1793. Situated on the north-west corner of Wall Street and Water Street, it was built by a group of stockbrokers to serve as a meeting place for trade and correspondence. It was organized as a tontine, a type of"
"St. Louis Stock Exchange The St. Louis Stock Exchange was a regional stock exchange located in St. Louis, Missouri. Opened in 1899, in September 1949, the St. Louis Stock Exchange was acquired by the Chicago Stock Exchange, and renamed the Midwest Stock Exchange. The St. Louis Stock Exchange opened in 1899. Trade volume peaked a year later with $44 million. In April 1902, St. Louis Stock Exchange president Alfred H. Bauer announced that committees had been elected to serve for one year terms. The constitution and bylaws of the new exchange were adopted on January 3, 1903, and made effective"
"founded in 1882 on September 18, in a basement in San Francisco. The exchange was founded as the San Francisco Stock Exchange. On September 18, twenty-five brokers met in the basement of Wohl & Rollitz, which was at 403 California Street in the old Fireman's Fund Insurance Building. Of that number, 19 signed the charter and deposited $50 to purchase memberships. The first president was John Perry Jr. It had nineteen charter members, who called it ""the Local Security Board."" The first year of business, transactions totaled $9,490,621. After the World War I stock market shutdown that started in July"
"New York Stock Exchange The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed ""The Big Board"") is an American stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street, Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$21.3 trillion as of June 2017. The average daily trading value was approximately 169 billion in 2013. The NYSE trading floor is located at 11 Wall Street and is composed of 21 rooms used for the facilitation of trading. A fifth trading room, located at 30 Broad Street, was closed in February"
"in 1869. Later in 1877, a new organization the New-York Open Board of Stock Brokers commissioned the building of the old Open Board of Stock Brokers. Open Board of Stock Brokers The Open Board of Stock Brokers was an early regional stock exchange in the United States. It was established in 1864, ""to profit from the economic and investment boom sparked by the Civil War."" The old Open Board of Stock Brokers was located at 16 and 18 Broad Street. With 354 members, the Open Board of Stock Brokers rivaled its early competitor the NYSE in membership (which had 533)"
"Chicago Stock Exchange The Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) is a stock exchange in Chicago, Illinois. The exchange is a national securities exchange and Self-Regulatory Organization, which operates under the oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Chicago Stock Exchange is currently located at 440 South LaSalle Street (FOUR40). Founded on March 21, 1882, in 1949, the Chicago Stock Exchange merged with the regional stock exchanges St. Louis Stock Exchange, Cleveland Stock Exchange and Minneapolis-St. Paul Stock Exchange to form the Midwest Stock Exchange. In 1959, the New Orleans Stock Exchange became part of the Midwest Stock Exchange,"
"Pacific Exchange The Pacific Exchange was a regional stock exchange in California until 2001. Its main exchange floor and building were in San Francisco, California, with a branch building in Los Angeles, California. Its history began with the founding of the San Francisco Stock and Bond Exchange in 1882 and the Los Angeles Oil Exchange in 1899. In 1956 the two exchanges merged to create the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange, with trading floors maintained in both cities. In 1973, it was renamed the Pacific Stock Exchange. The Pacific Exchange was bought by Archipelago Holdings in 2005, which merged with the"
"Orleans Stock Exchange a ""gambling house,"" with Dane writing that ""our little Exchange in New Orleans is a true investment exchange if there is any such thing in the world."" On November 29, 1938, a hearing was set by the SEC in New Orleans for the New Orleans Stock Yards, Inc. to stop listing its $100-par-value common stock on the New Orleans Stock Exchange. The application was granted by the SEC, effective on January 16, 1939. In April 1941, the New Orleans Stock Exchange was one of 18 eighteen regional stock exchanges that received invitations to ""parley"" with the SEC"
"Mouse, the Pink Panther, Mr. Potato Head, the Aflac Duck, and Darth Vader. Notes Bibliography New York Stock Exchange The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed ""The Big Board"") is an American stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street, Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$21.3 trillion as of June 2017. The average daily trading value was approximately 169 billion in 2013. The NYSE trading floor is located at 11 Wall Street and is composed of 21 rooms used for the facilitation"