NYSE American,formerly known as the American Stock Exchange (AMEX),and more recently as NYSE MKT,is an American stock exchange situated in New York City. AMEX was previously a mutual organization,owned by its members. Until 1953,it was known as the New York Curb Exchange.
The Nasdaq Stock Market is an American stock exchange based in New York City. It is the most active stock trading venue in the U.S. by volume,and ranked second on the list of stock exchanges by market capitalization of shares traded,behind the New York Stock Exchange. The exchange platform is owned by Nasdaq,Inc.,which also owns the Nasdaq Nordic stock market network and several U.S.-based stock and options exchanges. Although it trades stock of healthcare,financial,media,entertainment,retail,hospitality,and food businesses,it focuses more on technology stocks. The exchange is made up of both American and foreign firms,with China and Israel being the largest foreign sources.
The New York Stock Exchange is an American stock exchange in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is the largest stock exchange in the world by market capitalization.
A stock exchange,securities exchange,or bourse is an exchange where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities,such as shares of stock,bonds and other financial instruments. Stock exchanges may also provide facilities for the issue and redemption of such securities and instruments and capital events including the payment of income and dividends. Securities traded on a stock exchange include stock issued by listed companies,unit trusts,derivatives,pooled investment products and bonds. Stock exchanges often function as "continuous auction" markets with buyers and sellers consummating transactions via open outcry at a central location such as the floor of the exchange or by using an electronic system to process financial transactions.
The Standard and Poor's 500,or simply the S&P 500,is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 of the largest companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly followed equity indices and includes approximately 80% of the total market capitalization of U.S. public companies,with an aggregate market cap of more than $43 trillion as of January 2024.
NYSE Chicago,formerly known as the Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX),is a stock exchange in Chicago,Illinois,US. 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). Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) acquired CHX in July 2018 and the exchange rebranded as NYSE Chicago in February 2019.
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.
Muriel Faye Siebert was an American businesswoman who was the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE),and the first woman to head one of the NYSE's member firms. She joined the 1,365 male members of the exchange on December 28,1967. Siebert is sometimes known as the “first woman of finance,”despite being preceded in owning a brokerage by Victoria Woodhull.
The Philippine Stock Exchange,Inc. is the national stock exchange of the Philippines. The exchange was created in 1992 from the merger of the Manila Stock Exchange and the Makati Stock Exchange. Including previous forms,the exchange has been in operation since 1927. The PSE's headquarters is located at the Philippine Stock Exchange Tower,located along the One Bonifacio High Street complex in Bonifacio Global City.
Squawk on the Street,which debuted on December 19,2005,is a business show on CNBC that follows the first 90 minutes of trading on Wall Street in the United States.
NYSE Arca,previously known as ArcaEx,an abbreviation of Archipelago Exchange,is an exchange on which both stocks and options are traded. It was owned by Intercontinental Exchange. It merged with the New York Stock Exchange in 2006 and now operates as a subsidiary of the NYSE Group,Inc. It is headquartered in Chicago.
Intercontinental Exchange,Inc. (ICE) is an American multinational financial services company formed in 2000 that operates global financial exchanges and clearing houses and provides mortgage technology,data and listing services. Listed on the Fortune 500,S&P 500,and Russell 1000,the company owns exchanges for financial and commodity markets,and operates 12 regulated exchanges and marketplaces. This includes ICE futures exchanges in the United States,Canada,and Europe;the Liffe futures exchanges in Europe;the New York Stock Exchange;equity options exchanges;and OTC energy,credit,and equity markets.
Investors Exchange (IEX) is a stock exchange in the United States. It was founded in 2012 in order to mitigate the effects of high-frequency trading. IEX was launched as a national securities exchange in September 2016. On October 24,2017,it received regulatory approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list companies. IEX listed its first public company,Interactive Brokers,on October 5,2018. The exchange said that companies would be able to list for free for the first five years,before a flat annual rate of $50,000. On September 23,2019,it announced it was leaving its listing business.
Adena T. Friedman is an American businesswoman. She currently serves as the President and CEO of Nasdaq,Inc. She was formerly a managing director and CFO of The Carlyle Group. Initially joining Nasdaq in 1993,she returned to Nasdaq from Carlyle in May 2014 as President of Global Corporate and information technology solutions. She was named the CEO of Nasdaq in January 2017,the first woman to lead a global exchange.
Norma Hason Nahmias Yaeger is an American businesswoman,stockbroker and published author. In 1962,she became the first woman to enroll in Hornblower &Weeks,Inc. training program for stockbrokers. She is the first woman who demanded and got the right to join her male trainees on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The Stock Exchange did not previously allow women to set foot on its floor. Norma Nahmias was the only woman invited to Hornblower &Weeks' Management Advisory Board. She registered with the Liquidity Fund with the SEC;it was the first Money Market Mutual Fund in California. Norma Yaeger registered and opened a full-service stock brokerage firm,Yaeger Securities,Inc.,in 1981.
Yasmin Belo-Osagie is co-founder of She Leads Africa,which she co-founded with Afua Osei. She is the daughter of Nigerian billionaire Hakeem Belo-Osagie and lawyer Myma Belo-Osagie.
Lauren Simmons is an American producer,writer,podcaster,and former stock trader for Rosenblatt Securities. On March 6,2017,at age 22,she became the youngest and only current full-time female trader at the New York Stock Exchange. She also became the second African American woman in the Exchange's 228-year history to have such a position. Simmons left Wall Street in December 2018.
The New York Stock Exchange Building is the headquarters of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE),located in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is composed of two connected structures occupying much of the city block bounded by Wall Street,Broad Street,New Street,and Exchange Place. The central section of the block contains the original structure at 18 Broad Street,designed in the Classical Revival style by George B. Post. The northern section contains a 23-story office annex at 11 Wall Street,designed by Trowbridge &Livingston in a similar style.
Lynn Martin is an American markets executive and computer programmer. On January 3,2022,she became the 68th president of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
