【英语】华尔街的历史T.pptVIP

Wall Street Catalogue Its Narrow Sense Its Broader Sense The History of Wall Street Occupied Wall Street Sports Financial Institutions’ Issue Wall Street refers to the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in lower Manhattan. 华尔街是纽约市曼哈顿区南部从百老汇路延伸到东河的一条大街道的名字，全长不过三分之一英里，是英文“墙街”的音译。 Narrow Sense . Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, or signifying New York-based financial interests. 随着时间的推移,这个名词已经成为美国金融市场整体的一个借代,或者意味着总部设在纽约的金融机构的利益。 Broader Sense It is the home of the New York Stock Exchange, the worlds largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies.[3] Several other major exchanges have or had headquarters in the Wall Street area, including NASDAQ, the New York Mercantile Exchange, the New York Board of Trade, and the former American Stock Exchange. Anchored by Wall Street, New York City is one of the worlds principal financial centers.[ 这是纽约证券交易所之家,世界上最大的股票交易市场资本化的上市公司。其他几个主要交易所或总部设在华尔街地区,包括纳斯达克,纽约商品交易所,纽约期货交易所,和前美国证券交易所。由于华尔街,纽约是世界上主要的金融中心。 The History of Wall Street Early years Nineteenth Century Time Twentieth Century Regulation Twenty-first Century Early years In the 1640s, basic picket and plank fences denoted plots and residences in the colony.[13] Later, on behalf of the Dutch West India Company, Peter Stuyvesant, using both African slaves[14] and white colonists, collaborated with the city government in the construction of a more substantial fortification, a strengthened 12-foot (4?m) wall. In these early days, local merchants and traders would gather at disparate spots to buy and sell shares and bonds, and over time divided themselves into two classes—auctioneers and dealers.[16] The rampart was removed in 1699. In the late 18th century, there was a buttonwood tree at the foot of Wall Street under which traders and speculators would gather to trade sec