Founding
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Buttonwood Agreement
The founding document of the New York Stock Exchange. On May 17, 1792, 24 stockbrokers signed an agr...
Vanguard Founded
John Bogle founded Vanguard in 1975, creating the first index mutual fund available to individual in...
First Hedge Fund
Alfred Winslow Jones created the first hedge fund in 1949. Jones used a strategy of buying undervalu...
First ETF
The first Exchange Traded Fund, SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), launched on January 22, 1993. Created by Sta...
Robinhood Launch
Robinhood launched in 2013, offering commission free stock trading through a mobile app. Founded by ...
First US Bank
The First Bank of the United States was chartered in 1791 for 20 years. Proposed by Alexander Hamilt...
Second Bank of the US
The Second Bank of the United States was chartered in 1816 to stabilize the economy after the War of...
Medici Bank
The Medici Bank, founded in 1397, was the most respected bank in Renaissance Europe. Under Cosimo de...
Knights Templar Banking
The Knights Templar developed an early international banking system during the Crusades. Pilgrims co...
SEC Founded
The Securities and Exchange Commission was created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in respons...
Japan Postal Savings
Japans postal savings system, established in 1875, became the largest pool of savings in the world. ...
Singapore Sovereign Wealth
The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation was founded in 1981 by Lee Kuan Yew to manage Sin...
Norway Oil Fund
The Government Pension Fund Global, commonly called the Norwegian Oil Fund, was established in 1990 ...
Tokyo Stock Exchange
The Tokyo Stock Exchange was established on May 15, 1878. It became the largest exchange in the worl...
Shanghai Stock Exchange
The Shanghai Stock Exchange was re established on November 26, 1990, after a 41 year hiatus followin...
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange traces its origins to the Association of Stockbrokers in Hong Kong, fou...
First Index Fund
The first index fund available to individual investors was launched by Vanguard on August 31, 1976. ...
Antwerp Bourse
The Antwerp Bourse, established in 1531, was the first purpose built building for trading securities...
Marine Insurance Origins
Marine insurance emerged in the coffee houses of London in the late 17th century. Edward Lloyds coff...
Special Drawing Rights
Special Drawing Rights were created by the IMF in 1969 as an international reserve asset. SDRs are n...
Jim Simons Renaissance
Jim Simons, a mathematician and former NSA codebreaker, founded Renaissance Technologies in 1982. Th...
Ray Dalio Bridgewater
Ray Dalio founded Bridgewater Associates in 1975 in his New York apartment. Bridgewater became the l...
Bloomberg Terminal
The Bloomberg Terminal was launched in 1982 by Michael Bloomberg after he was laid off from Salomon ...
Crowdfunding Revolution
Crowdfunding emerged in the late 2000s as a new way to raise capital. Kickstarter, founded in 2009, ...