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Know thy history, wise people say, and thus envision your future. Let’s get a brief bird’s eye view of a 400-year evolution of global stock markets. The first shareholder companies date back to ancient Rome. The first brokers appeared in 12th-century France. Business ventures with multiple shareholders became popular in medieval Italy, and Italian companies also were the first to issue shares. In the 13th century, Venetian bankers began to trade in government securities. The title of the world's first stock exchange deservedly goes to a roofless courtyard of seventeenth-century Amsterdam, where an active secondary market in company shares emerged. The two major companies were the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch West India Company, founded in 1602 and 1621. Nowadays, the most powerful stock exchange, a literally global one, is the New York Stock Exchange, established in 1792. Get equipped with OBRinvest know-how and experience and dive into the depths of global stock trading at the leading trading floors. We are always there for you!