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The Dutch later started joint stock companies, which let shareholders invest in business ventures and get a share of their profits-or losses. In 1602, the Dutch East India Company issued the first shares on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. It was the first company to issue stocks and bonds. The Amsterdam Stock Exchange (or Amsterdam Beurs) is also said to have been the first stock exchange to introduce continuous trade in the early 17th century.
The Stock Market Crash of 1929. It began on Thursday, October 24, 1929. 12,894,650 shares changed hands on the. New York Stock Exchange-a record. To put this number in perspective, let us go back a. bit to March 12, 1928 when there was at that time a record set for trading activity. On that.