 
 <prompt> text: ```One public company, wey dey trade for public, wey dey held by public, wey dey listed for public, or public corporation na one company wey dey get plenty owners wey dey hold shares of stock wey dem dey trade for stock exchange or over the counter markets. For some places, public companies wey big reach must dey listed for exchange. Public company fit dey listed (listed company) or no dey listed (unlisted public company).

For early modern period, the Dutch people develop some financial instruments and help lay foundation for modern financial system. The Dutch East India Company (VOC) na the first company for history wey issue bonds and shares of stock to general public. In other words, the VOC na officially the first company wey dey trade for public, because na the first company wey actually dey listed for official stock exchange. While the Italian city-states produce the first government bonds wey fit transfer, dem no develop the other thing wey dey needed to produce complete capital market: corporate shareholders. As Edward Stringham (2015) talk, "companies wey get shares wey fit transfer date back to classical Rome, but dem no dey last and no big secondary market dey exist (Neal, 1997, p. 61)."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who help form the modern financial system?
2. When?
3. Who be the first company wey issue bonds to public?
4. Dem also be the first company wey dey trade for public?
5. Wetin be another name for corporation wey get plenty owners wey dey public?
6. Any other names?
7. Like which ones?
8. Where dem dey trade the shares of stock?
9. Anywhere else?
10. Some public companies dey required to dey listed for stock exchange?
11. Wetin dem dey call company wey dey listed?
12. Wetin about company wey no dey listed?
13. Who create the first government bonds wey fit transfer?
14. Dem also create the things wey dey needed for complete capital market?``` <response>: ```1. di Dutch
2. early modern period
3. Di Dutch East India Company
4. Yes
5. public corporation
6. Yes
7. publicly held company
8. stock exchange
9. over the counter market
10. Yes
11. listed company
12. unlisted public company
13. Italian city-states
14. No``` 