You United States house a series of exchanges for trading actions contracts and derivatives, including the two largest in the world by traded value.
The history of the stock market in the country is long, with stock exchanges that already existed in the 19th century, and participation in the variable income it is something more common in North American than in Brazilian culture.
Data from 2020 show that, in that year, 55% of adults in the United States invested in the stock market. In Brazil, the number does not usually exceed 10%.
In addition to the North Americans themselves, the country’s stock exchanges also attract investors from all over the world due to the strength and potential of investment of the world’s largest economy. As a result, they end up attracting companies from different countries. Meet:
NYSE
the bag of New York better known as the NYSE, is the world’s largest stock exchange by market value.
In 2021, trading volume reached $26.64 trillion, according to the World Federation of Stock Exchanges. The monthly average of trading on the exchange is $1.452 trillion.
The NYSE has nearly 2,400 listed companies, including the world’s largest and most valuable companies.
Founded in 1792, the NYSE is controlled by the Intercontinental Exchange, which also controls other stock exchanges in the United States and Europe . There is not a single prominent sector on the stock exchange, but it generally houses more consolidated companies in sectors such as industry and retail.
The building in which the NYSE is located is in New York City, on Wall Street a term often used to refer to North American investors as a whole, and in a region that came to be called the Financial District for concentrating several companies linked to the sector.
The main index used to track the performance of NYSE stocks is called the NYSE Composite, and it gathers all the common stocks that are traded.
Brazilian companies can have shares traded on the NYSE through the offer of share receipts, the so-called ADRs, or direct offers.
Nasdaq
Unlike the NYSE, the stock exchange Nasdaq is geared almost exclusively to the trading of shares linked to technology such as Meta, Google, Tesla and Amazon.
It was founded in 1971, and is also located in New York, but not on Wall Street. In general, listed companies are newer, and called growth stocks, whose companies are known to have high levels of debt to raise capital.
Despite being newer, the exchange is the second largest in the world. In 2021, market volume was $23.46 trillion, with a monthly average of $1.262 trillion.
Currently, there are about 3,554 companies listed. The operation is the responsibility of Nasdaq Inc, which also operates other exchanges in the United States and a specific version for the Nordic and Baltic countries, Nasdaq Nordic.
The main index to track the performance of stocks is the Nasdaq Composite, which gathers all listed securities. Brazilian companies may also have ADRs or direct shares listed.
In addition, there are indices that track the performance of the main stocks on both the Nasdaq and New York stock exchanges. The most famous are the S&P 500 it’s the dow jones .
Chicago Stock Exchange
Among the other stock exchanges in the United States, the most important is Chicago, Illinois. Also known as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, or CME, it is dedicated to trading so-called derivatives, contracts that establish values for certain products or items over a period of time.
The most famous derivatives traded on the stock exchange are the commodities , both agricultural and energy, and it is the main negotiating point in the world. Their price is negotiated between producers and buyers based on contracts for certain months.
The exchange is currently operated by CME Group Inc, and has posted a profit of $3.3 billion. It was founded in 1898, initially trading only eggs and butter, and over time it expanded the products traded.
Today, it is possible to find negotiations ranging from coffee and soy contracts, a reference in the world market, to cryptocurrency derivatives natural gas and oil.
In 1999, it started to negotiate contracts focused on the weather, with forecasts for rain, snow and temperatures, being the first stock exchange in the world to offer this type of product.
Source: CNN Brasil
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