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The creation
The New York Stock Exchange started with the signing of the Buttonwood Agreement by twenty-four New York City stockbrokers and merchants.Sitting under the tree as seen in the painting -
Establishment
the constitution of the New York Stock and Exchange Board is adopted, it had also been established by the New York brokers as a formal organization. -
War Scare
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%). -
End of the Bull Market
central quote system established; Black Thursday, October 24 and Black Tuesday, October 29 signal the end of the Roaring Twenties bull market. -
Women's Rights
trading floor is opened to women,victory within women's rights movement -
Dot-com Bubble
Technology was booming within the stock market since the creation of the internet, but that all changed when the market crashed failing thousands of internet companies. -
9/11's effect
After the Twin Towers fell, the global market dropped sharply -
Chinese stock bubble
The SSE Composite Index of the Shanghai Stock Exchange tumbles 9% from unexpected selloffs, the largest drop in 10 years, triggering major drops in worldwide stock markets. -
Bear Market
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 all experienced declines of greater than 20% from their peaks. -
Financial Crisis
Failures of large financial institutions in the United States, due primarily to exposure of securities of packaged subprime loans and credit default swaps issued to insure these loans and their issuers, rapidly devolved into a global crisis resulting in a number of bank failures in Europe and sharp reductions in the value of equities (stock) and commodities worldwide. -
Dubai debt standstill
Dubai requests a debt deferment following its massive renovation and development projects, as well as the Great Recession. The announcement causes global stock markets to drop. -
Brexit
World Markets tumble after the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. Investors lost more than the equivalent of 2 trillion United States dollars on 24 June 2016, making this day the worst single day drop in history, in absolute terms, according to data from S&P Global. The losses were extended to a combined total of the equivalent of 3 trillion dollars by additional selling on 27 June 2016 according to data from S&P Global.
