The world's first stock exchange

The world's first stock exchange /

The launch of the Dutch East India Company in 1602 initiated Amsterdam's transformation from a regional market town into a dominant financial center. The Company introduced easily transferable shares, and within days buyers had begun to trade them. Soon the public was engaging in a variety of c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Petram, Lodewijk (Author)
Other Authors: Richards, Lynne M. (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Dutch
Published: New York : Columbia Business School Publishing, [2014]
Edition:English-language edition.
Series:Columbia Business School publishing.
Subjects:
East India Company > History > 17th century.
East India Company
1600-1699
Stock exchanges > Netherlands > Amsterdam > History > 17th century.
Stocks > Netherlands > Amsterdam > History > 17th century.
Stock exchanges > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
HISTORY > Modern > 17th Century.
Economic history
Stock exchanges
Stocks
Amsterdam (Netherlands) > Economic conditions.
Netherlands > Amsterdam
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • A world-famous book
  • A new company
  • Early share trading
  • Angry shareholders
  • Fraud
  • The first boom
  • Jewish traders
  • Information
  • Trading clubs
  • Speculation
  • Crisis
  • The world-famous book again.

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