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  2. Stock market - Wikipedia

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    Stock exchange. Interior hall of the Helsinki Stock Exchange in Helsinki, Finland, 1965. A stock exchange is an exchange (or bourse) where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell shares (equity stock ), bonds, and other securities. Many large companies have their stocks listed on a stock exchange. This makes the stock more liquid and thus ...

  3. List of countries by stock market capitalization - Wikipedia

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    The following list sorts countries by the total market capitalization of all domestic companies [clarification needed] listed in the country, according to data from the World Bank. Market capitalization, commonly called market cap, is the market value of a publicly traded company's outstanding shares.

  4. List of stock market crashes and bear markets - Wikipedia

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    Souk Al-Manakh stock market crash: Aug 1982 Kuwait: Black Monday: 19 Oct 1987 USA: Infamous stock market crash that represented the greatest one-day percentage decline in U.S. stock market history, culminating in a bear market after a more than 20% plunge in the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average. Among the primary causes of the chaos ...

  5. Blackcurrant - Wikipedia

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    The blackcurrant ( Ribes nigrum ), also known as black currant or cassis, [a] is a deciduous shrub in the family Grossulariaceae grown for its edible berries. It is native to temperate parts of central and northern Europe and northern Asia, where it prefers damp fertile soils. It is widely cultivated both commercially and domestically.

  6. Wall Street Crash of 1929 - Wikipedia

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    The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash, Crash of '29, or Black Tuesday, [1] was a major American stock market crash that occurred in the autumn of 1929. It began in September, when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) collapsed, and ended in mid-November. The pivotal role of the 1920s' high-flying bull market ...

  7. The following is a list of publicly traded companies having the greatest market capitalization, sometimes described as their "market value". [1] Market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the share price on a selected day and the number of outstanding shares on that day. The list is expressed in USD millions, using exchange rates from ...

  8. United Fruit Company - Wikipedia

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    Entrance façade of the old United Fruit Building at 321 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana. The United Fruit Company (later the United Brands Company) was an American multinational corporation that traded in tropical fruit (primarily bananas) grown on Latin American plantations and sold in the United States and Europe.

  9. New York Stock Exchange - Wikipedia

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    New York Stock Exchange. /  40.70694°N 74.01111°W  / 40.70694; -74.01111. The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE, nicknamed " The Big Board ") [4] 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.