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`History of the American and
`NASDAQ Stock Exchanges
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`Selected References
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`Compiled by Ellen Terrell
`Business Reference Services
`September 2006;
`Updated October 2012
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`The American Stock Exchange (AMEX) got its start in
`the 1800's and was known as the "Curb Exchange" until
`1921 because it met as a market at the curbstone on
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`Broad Street near Exchange Place. Its founding date is
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`generally considered as 1921 because this is the year
`when it moved into new quarters on Trinity. However, it
`wasn't until 1953 that it officially became the American
`Stock Exchange. In November 1998, the National
`Association of Security Dealers announced that the
`American Stock Exchange would merge with the
`National Association of Securities Dealers creating "The
`Nasdaq-Amex Market Group." However, the American
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`Stock Exchange remained as an active exchange.
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`Above:
`Broad Street and curb brokers, New York City, 1916
`photographed by Irving Underhill.
`Prints and Photographs Division (Library of Congress)
`Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-119537
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`In October 1, 2008, the American Stock Exchange was acguired fl‘ by NYSE Euronext. NYSE Euronext L’
`integrated amex.com content and data into the nyse.com website, phasing out amex.com, effective January 16,
`2009. The new name is NYSE Amex L’.
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`Founded by the National Association of Securities Dealers, the NASDAQ L’-" began trading on February 8, 1971,
`as the world's first electronic stock market, trading for over 2,500 securities. In 2000, NASDAQ membership voted
`to restructure and spin off F3‘ NASDAQ into a shareholder-owned, for—profit company. In 2007, the NASD merged
`with the New York Stock Exchange's regulation committee to form the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
`( FINRA). In May 2007, NASDAQ announced I! a transaction to create global exchange and technology company
`with Swedish exchange operator, OMX. Later that year, on November 7, 2007, NASDAQ OMX announced that it
`had signed an agreement E'to acquire the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, the oldest stock exchange in America,
`founded in 1790. Today NASDAQ is the largest electronic stock market with over 3,000 companies listed.
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`Internet Resources
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`- Eguitie 3(Product Look-up for NYSE Euronextpublicly traded securities)
`- Federal Reserve Bulletin Statistical Supplement
`See AMEX (monthly/yearly) table 1.36, "Stock Market, Selected Statistics"
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`I Wikipedia - NASDAQ
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`- Financial Indust Re ulato Authorit
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`FINRA F3‘
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`- NASDAQ Statistical Milestones 6'
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`- NASDAQ Daily Market Statistics rs‘
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`I NASDAQ Listed Company Finder L’-"
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`Among the interesting items found in the PAPERS section of this site are the National Association of
`securities Dealers (NASD) Annual Report, NASD Notice to Members, and NASD News.
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`Additional Reading
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`I NASDAQ : A History of the Market That Changed the World by Mark lngebretsen. 1st ed. Roseville, Calif. :
`Forum, c2002.
`LC Call Number: HG4574.2 I54
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`Catalog Record: 2002016972
`Table of Contents
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`Publisher's Description
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`I AMEX: A History of the American Stock Exchange, 1921-1971 by Robert Sobel. New York, Weybright and
`Talley [1972].
`LC Call Number: HG4575.S6
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`Catalog Record: 72086971
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`I The Curbstone Brokers : The Origins of the American Stock Exchange by Robert Sobel. Washington,
`D.C. : BeardBooks, 2000.
`LC Call Number: HG4575.2 .8663 2000
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`Catalog Record: 00023571
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