The primal horoscope of the modern stock exchange
Hamaker-Zondag, Karen Martina
The way the modern stock exchange functions goes back to 1602. The horoscope of the creation is still very relevant. The temporary aspects in that horoscope reflect the important early developments of the stock exchange, for example the early conflicts, fraud and manipulation, the invention of short selling, futures and other financial instruments the way we use today. Other historical developments that affected the functioning of the stock ex...