The World's First Stock Exchange

by Lodewijk Petram

Book Overview

The launch of the Dutch East India Company in 1602 initiated Amsterdam's transformation from a regional market town into a dominant financial center. The Company introduced easily transferable shares, and within days buyers had begun to trade them. Soon the public was engaging in a variety of complex transactions, including forwards, futures, options, and bear raids, and by 1680 the techniques deployed in the Amsterdam market were as sophisticated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231163789
• ISBN13: 9780231163781
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Columbia Business School Publishing
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher