People have been keeping up with the stock market for a long time. How long?
Well, there have been stock markets in the world since the 1100s. Our own New York Stock Exchange, frequently referred to as the NYSE, has been around since 1792. The exchange began when 24 brokers signed an agreement under a buttonwood tree. Once it was only a single room on Wall Street, but now it’s the biggest stock exchange in the world.

The stock market allows traders to meet on the floor of the exchange to buy and sell …read more