Home of the World’s First Stock Market

The stock market is a highly complex concept that is difficult to grasp. So who started it? It is believed to have originated in Amsterdam many years ago. The Dutch East India Company was the first company to issue stocks and bonds, considered the first historical model of the stock market.

Initially established in 1602, the Amsterdam Stock Exchange is widely recognized as the world’s oldest, still-operational stock exchange. To this day, the Amsterdam Stock Exchange remains a significant hub for international investments and financial services. This, Paris Stock Exchange and Brussels Stock Exchange combined forces to create Euronext Amsterdam in 2000.